Information on this page based on Bibliographie succincte des oeuvres théatrales de Jules Verne by O. Dumas, as published in Monsieur de Chimpanzé, 1981, Buletin Société Jules Verne, #57.
It has been supplemented by information from other sources including http://jv.gilead.org.il/biblio/plays.html
Plays that were performed during the life of Jules Verne
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| Title |
Date Written |
Date published/performed |
Les Pailles rompues [PA]
(comedy, 1 act in verse) |
1849 |
pub: 1850 - Editions Beck
perf: 1850, June 12 - Théâtre historiques |
Le Colin-maillard [CV]
(comic opera in one act,
written with M. Carré, music by Aristide Hignard) |
1852 |
pub: 1853 - Michel Lévy frères
perf: 1853, April 28 - Théâtre lyriques |
Les Compagnons de la Marjolaine [CW]
(comic opera, 1 act, written with M. Carré) |
1853 |
pub: 1855 - Michel Lévy frères
perf: 1855, June 6 - Théâtre lyriques |
Monsieur de Chimpanzé [MD]
(operetta, 1 act, music by A. Hignard) |
1857 |
perf: 1858, February 17 - Bouffes Parisiens
pub: 1981 - Bulletin Société Jules Verne, #57 |
Le Page de Madame Malbrough [RM]
(operetta, 1 act, written by Edward Vierne, music by F Barbier)
NOTE: NOT WRITTEN by Jules Verne |
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perf: 1858, October 28 - Folies-Nouvelles |
L'Auberge des Ardennes [AB]
(comic opera, 1 act, written with M. Carré, music by Aristide Hignard |
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pub: 1860 - Michel Lévy frères
perf: 1860, September 1 - Théâtre lyriques |
Onze jours de siège [OJ]
(comedy, 3 acts, written with Ch. Wallut and Victorien Sardou) |
1857-1860 |
pub: 1861 - Michel Lévy frères
perf: 1861, June 1 - Théâtre du Vaudeville |
Un neveu d'Amérique ou Les deux Frontignac [NA]
(vaudeville comedy, 3 acts) |
1861 |
pub: 1873 - Hetzel
perf: 1873, April 17 - Théâtre Cluny |
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) |
1873 |
pub: 1881 - Hetzel
perf: 1874, Nov 7 - Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant [EH]
(play in 5 acts and 1 prologue, d'Ennery, music by Jean-Jacques Debillemont) |
1875 |
pub: 1881 - Hetzel
perf: 1878, December 26 - Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
Michel Strogoff [MJ]
(play in 5 acts, written with Adolphe d'Ennery) |
1876-1880 |
pub: 1881 - Hetzel
perf: 1880, November 17 - Théâtre du Châtelet |
Voyages à travers l'impossible [VE]
(play in 3 acts, written with Adolphe d'Ennery, music by O. de Lagoanere) |
1879-1882 |
pub: 1981 - J. J. Paubert
pub English:
perf: 1882, November 25 - Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin |
Kéraban le tetu [KE]
(play in 5 acts) |
1882 |
pub: Société Jules Verne
perf: 1883, September 3 - Théâtre de la Gaîté lyrique |
Mathias Sandorf [MF]
(play in 5 acts, written by William Busnach and Georges Maurens)
NOTE: NOT WRITTEN by Jules Verne |
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pub: 1992 - Société Jules Verne
perf: 1887, November 27 - Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique |
Plays that were NOT performed during the life of Jules Verne
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Title
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Date Written
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Date performed/published
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Untitled [TV]
a tragedy in verse
pour le théâtre des marionnettes Riquiqui de Nantes (play) |
1845
|
no known manuscript |
Alexandre VI - 1503 [AX]
(play - tragedy, 5 acts in verse) |
1847 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2,
1991
pp. 441- 553 |
La Conspiration des Poudres [CP]
(play - tragedy, 5 acts in verse) |
1848 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2,
1991
pp. 555-725 |
De Charybde en Scylla [CZ]
(play - vaudeville, 1 act) |
1848 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2,
1991
pp. 957-1000 |
Le Quart d'heure de Rabelais [QH]
(play - comedy, 1 act in verse) |
1848 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 147-171 |
Don Galaor [DG]
(play - synopsis only) |
1848 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 9-20 |
Un drame sous Louis XV [DR]
(play - tragedy, 5 acts in verse) |
1849 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2
1991
pp.727-841 |
Abd'allah [AB]
(play - vaudeville, in 2 acts) |
1849 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 39-43 and 173-252 |
Le Coq de bruyère [CY]
(play - synopsis only) |
1849 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp.21-27 |
On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que so [ON]
(play - synopsis only) |
1849 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 29-37 |
La Guimard [GD]
(play - comedy, 2 acts in prose) |
1850 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2,
1991
pp. 291- 360 |
Quiridine et Quiridinerit [QQ]
(play - in verse) |
1850 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2,
1991
pp. 843-956 |
La mille et deuxième nuit [MX]
(play - libretto for a lyrical work - music by A. Hignard) |
1850 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 253-287 |
Les Savants [SV]
(play - comedy, 3 acts in verse) |
1851 |
manuscript is considered lost |
Une promenade en mer [PN]
vaudeville in 1 act in verse |
1848-1851 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 83-145 |
Les Châteaux en Californie ou Pierre quie roule n'amasse pas mousse [CA]
(play - comedy proverb, 1 act) |
1851 |
pub: 1852 - Musee des familles
+ 1978 Portrait de l’artiste jeune,
Gallimard, Paris
perf: 1969 - Turin, Italy |
La Tour de Monthléry [TY]
(play - drama, 3 acts in verse) |
1852 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 361-397 |
Monna Lisa (or Léonard de Vinci or La Joconde) [LV]
(play - comedy, 1 act in verse) 1852 |
1852 |
perf: 1874 - read at the Academy of Amiens
pub: 1974 - Cahiers de l'Herne |
Un fils adoptif [FA]
(play - comedy, written with Ch. Wallut) |
1853 |
pub: 2000 - Bulletin Société Jules Verne, #140 |
Les Heureux du jour [HE]
(play - comedy, 5 acts in verse) |
1853 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2
1991
pp. 1001- 1136 |
Guerre aux tyrans [GT]
(play - comedy, 1 act in verse) |
1854 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2
1991
pp. 1137-1208 |
Au bord de l'Adour
(play - comedy) |
1855 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 2
1991
pp. 1209-1255 |
Les Sabines [SB]
(play/operetta, written with Ch Wallut, reste 1 act) |
1857 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 399-438 |
Le Pole Nord [PH]
(play, based on Captain Hatteras) |
1871-1872 |
Manuscrits nantais, vol. 1
1991
pp. 45-48 |
Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine [TD]
(play - a project refused by d'Ennery) |
1888-1890 |
no known manuscript |
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