Étienne Jourdan
Étienne Jourdan, was a 19th-century French playwright, engraver and chansonnier.
An engraver, member of the, he wrote some theatre plays given at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Théâtre de la Gaîté as well as a collection of songs of which the best known is . Some of his couplets, published in the Paris press, were famous political diatribes.Works
- 1813: Le Boghey renversé, ou Un point de vue de Longchamp, croquis en vaudevilles, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Armand d'Artois
- 1814: La cocarde blanche, one-act comedy in prose
- 1834: Artiste et artisan, ou les Deux expositions, one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Ferdinand de Laboullaye
- 1836: Le Barde, collection of songs
- 1836: L'Ouverture sans prologue, prologue d'ouverture in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with de Laboullaye
