Paul Siraudin

Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812^[1] – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist.

Paul Siraudin
Portrait of Paul Siraudin published in Le Trombinoscope by Touchatout in 1874.
Born	Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin 18 December 1812 1st arrondissement of Paris
Died	8 September 1883(1883-09-08) (aged 70) Enghien-les-Bains
Occupation(s)	Librettist, playwright

He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

He wrote many plays, mainly comedies and vaudevilles written in collaboration, notably with Alfred Delacour and Lambert-Thiboust. He also authored librettos for successful operettas and opéras-comiques, including La fille de Madame Angot (1872) in collaboration with Clairville and Victor Koning with music by Charles Lecocq.

In 1860,^{[citation needed]} Siraudin opened a confectionery shop — the Maison Siraudin — at the corner of the Rue de la Paix and the Place Vendôme.^[2] Siraudin's sweets were "renowned all the world over";^[2] for example, Siraudin's Perles des Pyrénées ("Pearls of the Pyrenees"), consisting of perfumed sugar, are mentioned in Joris-Karl Huysmans' novel À rebours (1884).

Works

• 1842: La Vendetta with Dumanoir, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1849: E. H. with Eugène Moreau and Alfred Delacour, Théâtre Montansier (7 April)^[3][4]
• 1850: Le Courrier de Lyon by Eugène Moreau, Paul Siraudin and Alfred Delacour, Théâtre de la Gaîté
• 1852: Le Misanthrope et l'Auvergnat by Eugène Labiche, Paul Siraudin and Lubize, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1853: Le Bourreau des crânes by Paul Siraudin and Édouard Lafargue, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1855: Un bal d'auvergnats by Paul Siraudin, Alfred Delacour and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1856: La Queue de la poële by Paul Siraudin and Alfred Delacour, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1858: Le Fils de la belle au bois dormant by Lambert-Thiboust, Paul Siraudin and Adolphe Choler, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1860: La Pénélope normande by Alphonse Karr, Paul Siraudin and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Vaudeville
• 1860: La Pénélope à la mode de Caen by Eugène Grangé, Paul Siraudin and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1860: La Fille du diable by Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1860: Le Favori de la favorite by Paul Siraudin and Auguste Villemot, Théâtre de Baden-Baden
• 1864: Les Femmes sérieuses and Paul Siraudin, Alfred Delacour and Ernest Blum, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1869: Le Mot de la fin by Clairville and Paul Siraudin, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1869: Paris-Revue by Clairville, Paul Siraudin and William Busnach, Théâtre du Chatelet
• 1872: La Revue n'est pas au coin du quai by Paul Siraudin, Victor Koning and Clairville, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1873: La fille de Madame Angot de Paul Siraudin, Clairville and Victor Koning, music by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre des Folies Dramatiques
• 1875: La Revue à la vapeur by Paul Siraudin, Henri Blondeau and Hector Monréal, Théâtre des Variétés

References

1. État civil de Paris > Fichiers de l'état civil reconstitué (image number 15 of 51). Birth certificate of "Pierre-Paul-Desiré Sirodin" [sic].
2. Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1919). Paris and Her People Under the Third Republic. London: Chatto & Windus. p. 30.
3. E. Moreau, Siraudin et Delacour (1873). E. H., comédie-vaudeville en un acte. Paris: Michel Lévy Frères.
4. This comédie en vaudevilles in one act was translated into the Russian language in 1849 by Pavel Stepanovich Fyodorov [ru] under the title Аз и ферт (Az et Fert); the Russian version was filmed in 1946, 1981, and 2001.