Le Chandelier

Le Chandelier is an 1835 play in three acts by French dramatist Alfred de Musset.
The play was first published in 1835 in Revue des [deux Mondes]. It was first staged at the Théâtre Historique in August 1848 with Mademoiselle Maillet as Jacqueline. In October 1850, it was produced at the Comédie-Française with a cast including Louis [Arsene Delaunay|Delaunay] as Fortunio and Louise [Rosalie Allan-Despreaux|Allan] as Jacqueline. In October 1850, the interior minister Léon Faucher had the work banned, a decision confirmed in subsequent seasons.
Jacques Offenbach, who wrote incidental music for the Comédie-Française production, made a sequel entitled La [chanson de Fortunio]. An opera of 1907 by André Messager, Fortunio, was based closely on the play.