Charles de La Rounat

Charles de La Rounat,[1] real name Aimé-Nicolas-Charles Rouvenat, (16 April 1818 – 25 December 1884 [2]) was a 19th-century French writer, playwright, journalist and theatre director.

Charles de La Rounat
Born
Aimé-Nicolas-Charles Rouvenat

16 April 1818
Paris
Died25 December 1884(1884-12-25) (aged 66)
Paris
OccupationPlaywright, journalist, writer, theatre director

A director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1856 to 1867, then from 1880 to 1884, he authored several theatre plays and opéra comiques libretti, most of them in collaboration.

The historian Georges Pagès (1867-1939) was his grandson.

Biography

After studying literature, he was appointed in 1848 by the Provisional Government of 1848 secretary of the Luxembourg Commission presided by Louis Blanc, before turning to theatre. In 1855, he started collaborating with La Revue de Paris. After he was appointed director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon the following year, he successfully set up plays by many young authors but eventually resigned in June 1867 over disagreement with the regulators.

He then returned to journalism, wrote the feuilleton of the newspaper Le Siecle and was appointed government commissioner to subsidized theaters.

After he applied in 1879 for the chair of director of the Paris Opera, which ultimately fell to Auguste Vaucorbeil, he became director of the Odeon February 15, 1880, succeeding Félix Duquesnel.

A fall he made the following winter by going to the Department of Fine Arts caused a coxalgy, of which he died three years later, 25 December 1884. Paul Porel succeeded him at the Odéon.

Plays

Other
  • 1857: La Comédie de l'amour, novel, Michel Lévy frères, Paris
  • 1884: Études dramatiques. Le théâtre français : Mme Arnould-Plessy, MM. Régnier, Got, Delaunay, Librairie de l'Art Jules Rouam, Paris
  • 1886: Souvenirs et poésies diverses, foreword by Francisque Sarcey, Paris

Honours and titles
  • Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (12 August 1864 decree) ;
  • officier de la Légion d'honneur au titre du ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-arts (13 July 1883 decree). Le parrain choisi par Charles de la Rounat est Camille Doucet, secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie française.[3]

References
  1. Also spelt « de la Rounat » ou « de Larounat ».
  2. Acte n° 2637 (p.13), registre des décès de l'année 1884 pour le 6th arrondissement sur le site des Archives numérisées de la Ville de Paris.
  3. « Charles Rouvenat » sur la Base Léonore.

Bibliography
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