Théodore Barrière | |
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| Born | Louis Théodore Barrière  16 April 1821 former 11th arrondissement of Paris |
| Died | 16 October 1877 (aged 56) rue Bergère |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Théodore Barrière (1823 – 16 October 1877),Frenchplaywright, was born inParis.
He belonged to a family of map engravers which had long been connected with the war department, and spent nine years in that service himself. The success of avaudeville he had performed at theBeaumarchais and which was immediately snapped up for the repertory of thePalais Royal, showed him his real vocation. During the next thirty years he signed, alone or in collaboration, over a hundred plays; among the most successful were:
Barrière died in Paris.
