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French playwright, theatre director and theatre manager
Hippolyte Hostein
Born14 October 1814
Paris
Died8 September 1879(1879-09-08) (aged 64)
Paris
Occupation(s)playwright, theatre director and theatre manager

Hippolyte Hostein (14 September 1814 – 8 September 1879) was a French playwright, theatre director and theatre manager.

Biography

Boen in Paris, he successively directed the Théâtre Historique (1847-1850), the Théâtre de la Gaité (1849-1858), the Cirque-Olympique (1858-1862), the Théâtre du Châtelet (1862-1864/1865-1869), the Théâtre du Château-d'eau (1868-1869), the Théâtre de la Renaissance (1873-1875) and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu (1875). He also published cronicles in Le Figaro and Le Constitutionnel

Works

Theatre
Texts
  • 1843: Les Contes bleus de ma nourrice, A. Desesserts, Paris
  • 1848: Réforme théâtrale suivie d'Esquisse d'un projet de loi sur les théâtres, A. Desesserts
  • 1867: La Liberté des théâtres, Librairie des auteurs, Paris
  • 1878: Historiettes et souvenirs d'un homme de théâtre, E. Dentu, Paris

Bibliography

  • Philippe Chauveau, Les Théâtres parisiens disparus (1402-1986), Ed. de l'Amandier, Paris, 1999 ISBN 2-907649-30-2

References

  1. Nécrologie, Le Figaro du 10 septembre 1879 sur Gallica.
  2. Nécrologie, Le Constitutionnel du 10 septembre 1879 sur Gallica.

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