Edmond Gondinet

Edmond Gondinet was a French playwright and librettist. This author, nearly forgotten today, produced forty plays of which several were successful. He collaborated with Alphonse Daudet and Eugène Labiche, among others.
He was a writer, known for True Romance and Un viaggio di piacere.
He died on 19 November 1888 in Neuilly, France.

Plays

Trop curieux, comedy in one act performed for the first time in Paris at the Comédie Française on June 25, 1863.
Les Victimes de l'argent, comedy in three acts, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on June 15, 1865.
Les Révoltées, three-act comedy in verse, performed for the first time in Paris in Théâtre du Gymnase on November 30, 1865
La Cravate blanche, one-act comedy in free verse, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on July 23, 1867
Le Comte Jacques, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on January 25, 1868
Les Grandes Demoiselles, one-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on March 10, 1868
Gavaud, Minard et Cie, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on April 17, 1869
Le Plus Heureux des Trois, three-act comedy, in collaboration with Eugène Labiche, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on January 11, 1870
Fin courant, in collaboration with Albert Wolff.
Christiane, four-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre Français on December 20, 1871
Paris chez lui, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on March 12, 1872.
Panazol, one-act comedy in verse, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on June 10, 1873.
Le Chef de division, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on November 15, 1873
Libres !, drama in five acts and eight scenes, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on November 22, 1873
Gilberte, four-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on September 19, 1874, in collaboration with Raymond Deslandes.
Le Homard, Vaudeville in one act, Bethléem, p. 470, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on April 2, 1874
Le Panache, satire of government employees, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on October 12, 1875
Le Pélican Bleu, one-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre des Variétés on February 4, 1876. This play is only a setting from Le Chef de division. It was intended to be used as a curtain raiser, and was never printed.
Professeur pour dames, one-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre des Variétés on April 4, 1877. This play was never printed.
Le Tunnel, one-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on March 16, 1877
Les Convictions de papa, one-act comedy, Bethléem, p. 453, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on April 13, 1877
Le Club, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on November 22, 1877 in collaboration with Félix Cohen
La Belle Madame Donis, four-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on December 29, 1877, in collaboration with Hector Malot, from whose novel the play was adapted.
Les Vieilles Couches, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on March 20, 1878.
Les Cascades, one-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on November 18, 1878.
Tant plus ça change, three-act vaudeville-revue, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on December 28, 1878, in collaboration with Pierre Véron
Les Tapageurs, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on April 19, 1879
Jonathan, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on September 27, 1879, in collaboration with François Oswald and Pierre Giffard
Le Nabab, five-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on January 30, 1880, in collaboration with Alphonse Daudet et Pierre Elzéar. Though published, this play is not signed by Edmond Gondinet.
Les Grands Enfants, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on October 7, 1880 in collaboration with Paul de Nargaliers
Les Braves gens, four-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on December 3, 1880 in collaboration with Pierre Wolff
L'alouette, one-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique on February 14, 1881, in collaboration with Albert Wolff
Un Voyage d'agrément, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on June 3, 1881, in collaboration with Alexandre Bisson
Une Soirée parisienne, three-act fantasy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre des Variétés on November 9, 1881, in collaboration with Ernest Blum. This play was never printed.
Le Volcan, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on March 25, 1882, in collaboration with François Oswald and Pierre Giffard. This play was never printed.
Tête de linotte, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on September 11, 1882, in collaboration with Théodore Barrière
Peau Neuve, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on March 6, 1883, in collaboration with Debrit. This play was never printed.
Les Affolés, four-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville October 8, 1883 in collaboration with Pierre Véron.,
Clara Soleil, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Vaudeville on February 6, 1885, in collaboration with Pierre Sivrac
Le Baron de Carabasse, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on December 10, 1885, in collaboration with Émile Bergerat. This play was never printed.
Le Parisien, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre Français on January 23, 1885
Dégommé, three-act comedy, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre du Gymnase on September 30, 1887. This play was never printed.

Librettos

Le roi l’a dit, comic opera, performed for the first time in Paris in the Opéra-Comique on May 24, 1873, with another run beginning in the same theater on June 3, 1885, with music by Léo Delibes
Le Dada, three-act vaudeville, performed for the first time in Paris sur le Théâtre des Variétés on February 18, 1876, in musical collaboration with Jules Costé. This play was never printed.
Le Grand Casimir, three-act, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre des Variétés on January 11, 1879, in collaboration with Jules Prével and Albert de Saint-Albin, and Charles Lecocq. Though published, this play is not signed by Edmond Gondinet.
Les Voltigeurs de la 32ème, three-act comic opera, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre de la Renaissance on January 7, 1880. In collaboration with Georges Duval, and Robert Planquette
Jean de Nivelle, three-act opera, performed for the first time in Paris in the Opéra-Comique on March 8, 1880. In collaboration with Philippe Gille and Léo Delibes
Lakmé, three-act opera, performed for the first time in Paris in the Opéra-Comique on April 14, 1883. In collaboration with Philippe Gille, Léo Delibes
Mam’zelle Gavroche, three-act operetta, performed for the first time in Paris in the Théâtre des Variétés on January 24, 1885, in collaboration with Ernest Blum et Albert de Saint-Albin, Florimond Ronger alias Hervé. This libretto was never printed.

Ballet scenario

Viviane, five-act ballet spectacular, performed for the first time in Paris in the Eden-Théâtre on October 28, 1886, in collaboration with Raoul Pugno.