The Plays of Jules Verne
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Plays that were performed during the life of Jules Verne |
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| Margot Ref | Title | English Title (As per JM Margot *) |
Date Written | Date published/performed |
| PA | Les Pailles rompues [PA] (comedy, 1 act in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Broken Straws | 1849 | pub: 1850 - Editions Beck perf: 1850, June 12 - Théâtre historiques |
| CV | Le Colin-maillard [CV] (comic opera in one act, written with M. Carré, music by Aristide Hignard) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Blind Man’s Buff | 1852 | pub: 1853 - Michel Lévy frères perf: 1853, April 28 - Théâtre lyriques |
| CW | Les Compagnons de la Marjolaine [CW] (comic opera, 1 act, written with M. Carré, - musique Aristide Hignard) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Knights of the Daffodil | 1853 | pub: 1855 - Michel Lévy frères perf: 1855, June 6 - Théâtre lyriques |
| MD | Monsieur de Chimpanzé [MD] (operetta, 1 act, music by A. Hignard) - French Wikipédia Details |
Mr. Chimpanzee | 1857 | perf: 1858, February 17 - Bouffes Parisiens pub: 1981 - Bulletin Société Jules Verne, #57 |
| RM | NOTE: NOT WRITTEN by Jules Verne (There is debate on this!) Le Page de Madame Malbrough [RM] (operetta, 1 act, written by Edward Vierne, music by F Barbier) - French Wikipédia Details |
Madame Malbrough’s Page | perf: 1858, October 28 - Folies-Nouvelles | |
| AB | L'Auberge des Ardennes [AB] (comic opera, 1 act, written with M. Carré, music by Aristide Hignard - French Wikipédia Details |
The Inn of the Ardennes | pub: 1860 - Michel Lévy frères perf: 1860, September 1 - Théâtre lyriques |
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| OJ | Onze jours de siège [OJ] (comedy, 3 acts, written with Ch. Wallut and Victorien Sardou) - French Wikipédia Details |
Eleven Days of Siege | 1857-1860 | pub: 1861 - Michel Lévy frères perf: 1861, June 1 - Théâtre du Vaudeville |
| NA | Un neveu d'Amérique ou Les deux Frontignac [NA] (vaudeville comedy, 3 acts) - French Wikipédia Details |
An American Nephew, or, The Two Frontignac | 1861 | pub: 1873 - Hetzel perf: 1873, April 17 - Théâtre Cluny |
| TN | Le Tours du Monde en 80 jours [TN] (play in 5 acts and 1 prologue, written first with Edouard Cadol, then written with Adolphe d'Ennery, music by Jean-Jacques Debillemont) - French Wikipédia Details |
Around the World in 80 Days | 1873 | pub: 1881 - Hetzel perf: 1874, Nov 7 - Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
| EH | Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant [EH] (play in 5 acts and 1 prologue, d'Ennery, music by Jean-Jacques Debillemont) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Children of Captain Grant | 1875 | pub: 1881 - Hetzel perf: 1878, December 26 - Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
| MJ | Michel Strogoff [MJ] (play in 5 acts, written with Adolphe d'Ennery) - French Wikipédia Details |
Michael Strogoff | 1876-1880 | pub: 1881 - Hetzel perf: 1880, November 17 - Théâtre du Châtelet |
| VE | Voyages à travers l'impossible [VE] (play in 3 acts, written with Adolphe d'Ennery, music by O. de Lagoanere) - French Wikipédia Details |
Journey through the Impossible | 1879-1882 | pub: 1981 - J. J. Paubert pub English: perf: 1882, November 25 - Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
| KE | Kéraban le tetu [KE] (play in 5 acts) - French Wikipédia Details |
Keraban the Headstrong | 1882 | pub: Société Jules Verne perf: 1883, September 3 - Théâtre de la Gaîté lyrique |
| MF | Mathias Sandorf [MF] (play in 5 acts, written by William Busnach and Georges Maurens) NOTE: NOT WRITTEN by Jules Verne |
Mathias Sandorf | 1887 | pub: 1992 - Société Jules Verne perf: 1887, November 27 - Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique |
| Les Tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine (play - three-act comedy by Claude Farrère and Charles Méré) |
The Tribulations of a Chinese Man in China | 1931 | pub 1931 - Hachette | |
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* Additional information gleaned from |
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Plays that were NOT performed during the life of Jules Verne |
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| Margot Ref |
Title
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English Title (As per JM Margot *) |
Date Written
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Date performed/published
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| TV | Untitled [TV] a tragedy in verse pour le théâtre des marionnettes Riquiqui de Nantes (play) |
1845
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no known manuscript source: Marguerite Allotte de la Fuye source: Complete Bibliography: Zvi Har'El |
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| AX | Alexandre VI - 1503 [AX] (play - tragedy, 5 acts in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
Alexander VI | 1847 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2, 1991 pp. 441- 553 |
| CP | La Conspiration des Poudres [CP] (play - tragedy, 5 acts in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Powder Conspiracy | 1848 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2, 1991 pp. 555-725 |
| CZ | De Charybde en Scylla [CZ] (play - vaudeville, 1 act) - French Wikipédia Details |
From Charybdis to Scylla | 1848 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2, 1991 pp. 957-1000 |
| QH | Le Quart d'heure de Rabelais [QH] (play - comedy, 1 act in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Fifteen Minutes of Rabelais | 1848 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 147-171 |
| DG | Don Galaor [DG] (play - synopsis only) - French Wikipédia Details |
Don Galaor | 1848 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 9-20 |
| DR | Un drame sous Louis XV [DR] (play - tragedy, 5 acts in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
A Drama under Louis XV alternate title: A Drama under the Regency |
1849 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2 1991 pp.727-841 |
| AB | Abd'Allah [AB] (play - vaudeville, in 2 acts) - French Wikipédia Details |
Abd'Allah | 1849 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 39-43 and 173-252 |
| CY | Le Coq de bruyère [CY] (play - synopsis only) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Wood Grouse | 1849 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp.21-27 |
| ON | On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que so [ON] (play - synopsis only) - French Wikipédia Details |
Little Friends May Prove Great Friends | 1849 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 29-37 |
| GD | La Guimard [GD] (play - comedy, 2 acts in prose) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Guimard | 1850 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2, 1991 pp. 291- 360 |
| Quiridine et Quiridinerit [QQ] (play - in verse) ..... Manuscript (BNF) - French Wikipédia Details |
Quiridine and Quiridnerit | 1850 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2, 1991 pp. 843-956 |
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| MX | La mille et deuxième nuit [MX] (play - libretto for a lyrical work - music by A. Hignard) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Thousand and Second Night | 1850 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 253-287 |
| SV | Les Savants [SV] (play - comedy, 3 acts in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Scholars | 1851 | manuscript is considered lost |
| Les Fiancés bretons (As per JM Margot *) |
The Fiancés of Britanny | 1851 | manuscript is lost | |
| PN | Une promenade en mer [PN] vaudeville in 1 act in verse - French Wikipédia Details |
An Excursion at Sea | 1848-1851 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 83-145 |
| CA | Les Châteaux en Californie ou Pierre quie roule n'amasse pas mousse [CA] (play - comedy proverb, 1 act) - French Wikipédia Details |
Castles in California, or A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss | 1851 | pub: 1852 - Musee des familles + 1978 Portrait de l’artiste jeune, Gallimard, Paris perf: 1969 - Turin, Italy |
| TY | La Tour de Monthléry [TY] (play - drama, 3 acts in verse) ? 5 acts? collaboration with Charles Wallut (Margot) - French Wikipédia Details |
Tower of Monthléry | 1852 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 Prologue - pp. 361-397 - complete manuscript in Amiens, in the former della Riva collection (Margot) |
| LV | Monna Lisa (or Léonard de Vinci or La Joconde) [LV] (play - comedy, 1 act in verse) 1852 - French Wikipédia Details |
Monna Lisa | 1852 | perf: 1874 - read at the Academy of Amiens pub: 1974 - Cahiers de l'Herne |
| FA | Un fils adoptif [FA] (play - comedy, written with Ch. Wallut) ..... Manuscript (BNF) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Adoptive Son | 1853 | pub: 2000 - Bulletin Société Jules Verne, #140 |
| HE | Les Heureux du jour [HE] (play - comedy, 5 acts in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Happy of the Day | 1853 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2 1991 pp. 1001- 1136 |
| GT | Guerre aux tyrans [GT] (play - comedy, 1 act in verse) - French Wikipédia Details |
War to Tyrants | 1854 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2 1991 pp. 1137-1208 |
| BA | Au bord de l'Adour (play - comedy) - French Wikipédia Details |
On the Bank of the Adour | 1855 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2 1991 pp. 1209-1255 |
| SB | Les Sabines [SB] (play/operetta, written with Ch Wallut, reste 1 act) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Sabines | 1857 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 399-438 |
| PH | Le Pole Nord [PH] (play, based on Captain Hatteras) - French Wikipédia Details |
The North Pole | 1871-1872 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 pp. 45-48 synopsis only |
| VB | Unknown title [VB] - Act II | 1845/1874 | Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1 1991 p. 51-82. |
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| TD | Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine [TD] (play - a project refused by d'Ennery) - French Wikipédia Details |
The Tribulations of a Chinese Man in China | 1888-1890 | no known manuscript |
