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PAUL FERRIER (1843– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 288 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAUL FERRIER (1843– )  , French dramatist, was born at
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Montpellier on the 29th of March 1843 . He had already produced several comedies when in 1873 he secured real success with two short pieces, Chez l'avocat and
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Les Incendies de Massoulard . Others of his numerous plays are Les Compensations (i 876) ; L'
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Art de tramper les femmes (189o), with M . Najac . One of Ferrier's greatest triumphs was the production with Fabrice Carre of Josephine vendue par ses swurs (1886), an opera bouffe with
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music by Victor Roger . His opera libretti include La Marocaine (1879), music of J . Offenbach; Le Chevalier d'Harmental (1896) after the
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play of Dumas Pere, for the music of A . Messager; La Fille de Tabarin (1901), with Victorien Sardou, music of Gabriel Pierne .

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