Dumanoir
Philippe François Pinel, known as Dumanoir, was a French playwright and librettist.Biography
Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family planted the palm trees lining the Allée Dumanoir in Guadeloupe. He left Guadeloupe in 1816. Dumanoir wrote in the theatrical genre of Comédie en vaudevilles. He was director of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1837 to 1839. In 1844, he wrote in collaboration with Adolphe d'Ennery, an eponymous drama about Don César de Bazan, one of the characters in Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo.
He died in Pau.Plays
- 1842: Le Chevalier d'Éon, comedy in 3 acts,, Théâtre des Variétés
- 1839: Les Premières Armes de Richelieu, Théâtre du Palais Royal
- 1840: Indiana et Charlemagne, Théâtre du Palais Royal
- 1842: Ma maîtresse et ma femme, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act,, Théâtre des Variétés
- 1843: Les Hures-Graves, Théâtre du Palais Royal
- 1844: ', Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin
- 1845: Le Code des femmes, Théâtre du Palais Royal
- 1846: Gentil-Bernard ou L'Art d'aimer, Théâtre des Variétés
- 1849: ', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, Théâtre du Palais Royal
- 1853: La Case de l'oncle Tom,, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
- 1857: Les Bourgeois gentilshommes, comedy in 3 acts, in prose, Théâtre du Gymnase
- 1862: Les Invalides du mariage, comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre du Gymnase
Opera and ballet
- 1840: La Perruche, opéra-comique in 1 act
- 1840: Grisélidis ballet by Adolphe Adam
- 1845: Maritana, opera by William Vincent Wallace
- 1872: Don César de Bazan, opera by Jules Massenet
Filmography
- Don Caesar de Bazan, directed by Robert G. Vignola
- Don Cesar, Count of Irun, directed by Luise Kolm and Jacob Fleck
- The Adventurer, directed by J. Gordon Edwards
- Rosita, directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- The Spanish Dancer, directed by Herbert Brenon
- Don Cesare di Bazan, directed by Riccardo Freda
- The Seventh Sword, directed by Riccardo Freda
