Pierre-Yves BarréPierre-Yves Barré was a French vaudevillist and songwriter.LifeBarré was born in Paris. He began life as a lawyer to the French parliament, then court clerk in Pau, but as the nephew of the chansonnier Pierre Laujon moved more and more towards a life in the theatre. With Piis, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Desfontaines-Lavallée, in 1792 he founded the théâtre du Vaudeville, then on rue de Chartres-Saint-Honoré. Bonaparte was at first "discontented with his theatre due to anti-Republican allusions which he made every evening" but in 1805 commanded him to go to Boulogne-sur-Mer to entertain the officers of the invasion force against England. He died in Paris.WorksCassandre, 1780.Arlequin aficheur. Mr. Guillaume ou le voyageur inconnu, 1800.Lantara ou le peintre au cabaret, 1809