Armand Lapointe


Armand Lapointe was a French novelist, journalist and playwright. He also wrote the libretto of the opérette bouffe Mesdames de la Halle by Jacques Offenbach.

Biography

He was a prolific popular author in the years 1850-1890 and still obviously remembered at the time of his death.
During the Second French Empire, his comedies were given in Paris, at the Théâtre des Variétés and his opéra bouffe was produced at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. From 1860, Lapointe was devoted mainly to writing novels. He was a friend of Gustave Aimard, with whom he would attend the.

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