Paul Auguste Tousez
, known as
Paul Bocage
, (5 October 1824, in
Paris
? 25 September 1887, in Paris) was a French
librettist
,
novelist
and
dramatist
.
Nephew of the famous 19th century actor
Bocage
(Pierre-Martinien Tousez), he first wrote, using the collective pseudonym "Desire Hazard" with
Octave Feuillet
, who had been his classmate at
College Louis-le-Grand
, the novel
Le Grand Vieillard
(1845),
Echec et mat
, a
comedy
of five acts, played at the Odeon in 1846,
Palma, ou la Nuit du vendredi saint
, a
drama
of five acts, played at the
Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin
in 1847,
La Vieillesse de Richelieu
, a comedy of five acts, played the
Comedie-Francaise
in 1849 ;
York
, a comedy-vaudeville, played at the
Palais-Royal
in 1852.
Paul Bocage also wrote, jointly with
Joseph Mery
,
Maitre Wolframb
, a
libretto
for the
Theatre Lyrique
(1855), and, jointly with
Theodore Cogniard
,
Janot chez les Sauvages
, a
vaudeville
of one act, played at the
Theatre des Varietes
.
He also attributes a share in
Le Chariot d'enfant
, a drama of five acts, by Mery and
Gerard de Nerval
and
Alexandre Dumas
's
Romulus
(1854),
Les Mariages du pere Olifus
(1861) et
Les Mille et un fantomes
(1849).
Bocage wrote as well novelty items, using the title "Bric-a-Brac", for the magazine
Le Mousquetaire
. The authorship of
Les Mohicans de Paris
, a long novel serialized in that publication is also attributed to him. Finally, he published in 1860
les Puritains de Paris
and
la Duchesse de Mauves
(1860, 4 vols. in-8).
References
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- William Duckett,
Dictionnaire de la conversation et de la lecture
, Paris, Michel Levy, 1855, p. 574.
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