Alphonse Signol

François-Nicolas Alphonse Signol (c.1800 in Saint-Mandé – 26 June 1830 in Vincennes) was an early 19th-century French playwright and novelist.

Biography
His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre des Nouveautés, and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique. His novel Le Commissionnaire is sometimes attributed to George Sand and Jules Sandeau who allegedly used his name for promotion.

He was killed in a duel against a military after an altercation at the Théâtre italien de Paris.

Works

 * 1826: De la maçonnerie considérée dans quelques-uns de ses rapports avec la politique
 * 1828: Le Caporal et le Paysan, with Armand d'Artois
 * 1828: Le Duel, drama in 2 acts
 * 1828: Jean, play in three parts, mingled with couplets, with Emmanuel Théaulon
 * 1828: L'École de natation, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe de Leuven and Charles de Livry
 * 1829: Apologie du duel, ou Quelques mots sur le nouveau projet de loi
 * 1829: Le Pacha et la Vivandière, folie vaudeville in 3 tableaux
 * 1830: La Lingère, ou la Vie de Paris en 1830, 5 vol.
 * 1830: Mémorial de Sir Hudson Lowe, relatif à la captivité de Napoléon
 * 1831: Le Chiffonnier, 5 vol., with Stanislas Macaire
 * 1831: Le Commissionnaire, mœurs du XIXe