author
Édouard Martin
1828–1866
Best known for lively French comedies written with Eugène Labiche and other collaborators, this 19th-century dramatist helped shape the fast-moving stage humor of the Second Empire. His plays are still remembered for their wit, bustle, and sharp sense of everyday absurdity.
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Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon: Comédie en quatre actes
by Eugène Labiche, Édouard Martin
About the author
A French playwright of the 19th century, he wrote for the theater during the Second Empire and became especially associated with comedy. He is often linked with Eugène Labiche, with whom he collaborated on several successful stage works.
His name appears on well-known comic plays such as The Voyage of Monsieur Perrichon and The Affair of the Rue de Lourcine, works that helped define a brisk, cleverly plotted style of popular French theater. He also worked with other dramatists including Albert Monnier and Paul Siraudin.
Although he died young in 1866, his reputation has lasted through the continued reading and performance of these comedies. Today he is remembered as part of the creative circle that kept Parisian boulevard theater lively, funny, and full of theatrical energy.