Adrien Decourcelle

Adrien Decourcelle (28 October 1821 – 6 August 1892)^[1] was a 19th-century French writer and playwright.

Adrien Decourcelle
Born	28 October 1821 Montdidier (Somme)
Died	6 August 1892(1892-08-06) (aged 70) Étretat (Seine-Maritime)
Occupation(s)	Playwright, chansonnier
Spouse	Caroline Lambert

Pierre-Henri-Adrien Decourcelle wrote about 70 plays between 1845 and 1855, comedies and Comédie en vaudeville written most of the time in collaboration with Théodore Barrière. He was also a successful chansonnier.^{[citation needed]}

In 1851 he married Caroline Lambert, a niece of Adolphe d'Ennery.^{[citation needed]} His son was Pierre Decourcelle (1856-1926), a playwright, novelist, president of the Société des gens de lettres and commandeur of the Légion d'honneur. Pierre Decourcelle was involved in legal disputes following Ennery's death in 1899.^[2]

Adrien Decourcelle is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in the 20th arrondissement of Paris (7th division).^{[citation needed]}

Selected works

• 1848: Un vilain monsieur, play with Théodore Barrière, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1850: Les Petits Moyens, play with Eugène Labiche and Gustave Lemoine, Théâtre du Gymnase
• 1895: La Belle Épicière, operetta with Henri Kéroul, music by Louis Varney, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Distinctions

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur^[3]