Henri Blondeau
Henri Marie Gabriel Blondeau was a French playwright, librettist and chansonnier, famous for his song Frou-frou.
Biography
A clerk by a stockbroker, he became known in the early 1860s by his ditties in the cafés-concerts. With his friend Hector Monréal, they would collaborate during 40 years on the stages.
His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Château d'Eau.
In 1870, during the Paris Commune, and in association with Monréal, he ran a satirical newspaper called the Fils du Père Duchêne illustré.
Works
Ah ! J'aime bien mieux ça !, chansonnette, music by Ernest Martin, 1863L'Embarras du choix !, chansonnette, music by Martin, 1863Victoire et félicité !, duo comique, music by Auguste Girin, 1863Avez-vous vu Lambert ?, scie parisienne, 1864Chacun a sa monomanie !, chansonnette, music by Henri Chulliot de Ploosen, 1864Comme on change en vieillissant !, chansonnette de genre, 1864Impossible de s'en passer !, chansonnette, music by Martin, 1864Locataire et portier !, duo comique, music by Martin, 1864La Belle Ziguezon, ronde historiette, lyrics and music by Blondeau and Monréal, 1865Mr de Richenerac basconnade, chansonnette, with Monréal, 1865Ça n'coûte que deux sous ! grrrrande revue du moment déroulée tous les soirs par Heudebert au Café-concert du boulevard du Temple, 1865Le Pion amoureux, pochade-parody, mingled with couplets, 1866Tapez-moi là-d'ssus !, revue in 4 acts and 8 tableaux, including 1 prologue, with Monréal, 1867Ah ! qu'c'est bête, ronde burlesque et populaire, music by Léopold Bougnol, 1868Les Hannetons de l'année, revue in 3 acts and 8 tableaux, including a prologue, with Monréal, 1868Dagobert et son vélocipède, opérette bouffe in 1 act, 1869V'là les bêtises qui recommencent, revue in 4 acts and 8 tableaux, with Monréal, 1869Qui veut voir la lune ?, revue fantaisie in 3 acts and 8 tableaux, with Monréal, 1871Paris dans l'eau, vaudeville aquatique in 4 acts, with Monréal, 1872Une poignée de bêtises, revue in 2 acts and 3 tableaux, with Monréal, 1872La Veuve Malbrough, operetta in 1 act, with Monréal, 1872La Nuit des noces de la Fille Angot, vaudeville in 1 act, with Monréal, 1873Les Pommes d'or, operetta féerie in 3 acts and 12 tableaux, with Chivot, Alfred Duru and Monréal, 1873La Comète à Paris, revue in 3 acts and 10 tableaux, with Hector Monréal, 1874Ah ! C'est donc toi Mme la Revue !, revue in 3 acts and 10 tableaux, with Monréal, 1874Pif-Paf, féerie in 5 acts, including 1 prologue and 20 tableaux, with Clairville and Monréal, 1875La Revue à la vapeur, actualité parisienne in 1 act and 3 tableaux, with Paul Siraudin, Charles Blondelet and Monréal, 1875L'Ami Fritz-Poulet, parodie à la fourchette, mêlée de chansons à boire et à manger, en deux services, deux entremets et un dessert, with Monréal, 1876A treize ! tout à treize !, chansonnette, 1876Les Environs de Paris, voyage d'agrément in 4 acts and 8 tableaux, with Monréal, 1877Un Hanneton dans la coupole, fantaisie Charentonesque, music by Marc Chautagne, 1877Le Pays des chimères. Dalloz, song, music by Chautagne, 1877Une Nuit de noces, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Monréal, 1883Carnot, military drame in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Léon Jonathan, 1884Au Clair de la lune, revue in 4 acts and 8 tableaux, with Monréal and Georges Grisier, 1884Pêle-mêle gazette, revue in 4 acts and 7 tableaux, with Grisier et Monréal, 1885La Serinette de Jeannot, vaudeville in 1 act, with Monréal, 1885Les Terreurs de Jarnicoton, vaudeville-pantomime in 1 act, with Monréal, 1885Les Victimes du devoir !, chanson dramatique, music by Félicien Vargues, 1885Paris en général, revue in 4 acts and 10 tableaux, with Grisier and Monréal, 1886Mam'zelle Clochette, vaudeville in 1 act, with Monréal, 1887La Petite Francillon, little parody in 1 small prologue, 3 small acts and 2 short intermissions, with Alphonse Lemonnier and Monréal, 1887Paris-cancans, revue in 3 acts and 8 tableaux, with Monréal, 1888Paris Exposition, revue in 3 acts, 9 tableaux, with Monréal, 1889Paris-boulevard, revue in 3 acts, 8 tableaux, with Monréal, 1889Paris port de mer, revue in 3 acts, 7 tableaux, with Monréal, 1891Les Variétés de l'année, revue in 3 acts and 9 tableaux, with Monréal, 1892Les Bicyclistes en voyage, play in 3 acts and 7 tableaux, with Henri Chivot, 1893Les Rouengaines de l'année, revue in 3 acts, 7 tableaux including a prologue, with Monréal, 1893Tout Paris en revue, revue in 3 acts and 3 tableaux, with Monréal, 1894La Revue sans gêne, revue in 3 acts, 9 tableaux, with Monréal and Alfred Delilia, 1894Vive Robinson !, duo, with Monréal and Delilia, music by Lucien Collin, 1894Une semaine à Paris, revue in 3 acts, 11 tableaux, with Monréal, 1896Paris qui marche, revue in 3 acts, 10 tableaux, with Monréal, 1897Paris sur scène, revue in 3 acts, 8 tableaux, with Monréal, 1897Folies-Revue, revue in 3 acts, 9 tableaux, with Monréal, 1898Frou-frou, song, with Monréal, 1898Madame Méphisto, extravaganza play, in 2 acts and 5 tableaux, with Monréal, 1900Paris-joujoux, revue in 2 acts and 6 tableaux, with Monréal, 1901Olympia-Revue, in 4 tableaux, with Monréal, 1903On demande une étoile, scènes de la vie de théâtre, with Monréal, 1904Le Paradis de Mahomet, operetta in 3 acts, music by Robert Planquette, 1906Guignol s'en va-t-en guerre, pochade in 3 tableaux and one prologue, with Victor Buteaux, 1915Gaspard à Paris, revue d'un permissionnaire in 2 acts and 6 tableaux, with René Pourrière, 1917Monsieur Bouchenlarge, fantaisie, undatedPour les distraire, dittie, undated