Pol Mercier

Pol Mercier, real name Jean-Étienne-Polydore Mercier (25 April 1819 – 11 May 1874) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.

He was born and died in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Folies-nouvelles, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Comédie-française, and the Théâtre des Variétés.

Works

• 1846: Un Nuage au ciel, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard
• 1850: Freluchette, opéra comique in one act
• 1851: Christian et Marguerite, comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Édouard Fournier
• 1852: Méridien, one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and Raymond Deslandes
• 1853: Le Roman du village, one-act comedy in verse, with Fournier
• 1855: Biribi, pantomime, foreword by Théophile Gautier
• 1855: Le Chevrier blanc, conte-pantomime extravaganza in 5 tableaux, with Paul Legrand
• 1855: La Sœur de Pierrot, mimodrama extravaganza in 5 tableaux, with Legrand
• 1855: La Sœur grise !, scène lyrique, music by Édouard Montaubry
• 1857: Le Calfat, operetta
• 1857: Ce Scélérat de Poireau !, one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and Amédée de Jallais
• 1857: Le Gardien des scellés, one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and de Jallais
• 1857: Triolet, one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville
• 1859: Le Diable rose, play with ariettes in 1 act, with Fournier
• 1860: Un Troupier qui suit les bonnes, 3-act comédie en vaudeville, with Clairville and Léon Morand
• 1862: Le Paradis trouvé, comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Fournier
• 1863: Le Chagrin de Marie, romance
• 1863: Les Trois Normandes, opérette bouffe in 1 act, with Frédéric Barbier (music)
• 1864: Les Cochers de Paris, popular play in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with Clairville and Morand
• 1864: Le Pavillon des amours, one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Henri Vernier
• 1864: Deux permissions de dix heures, operetta in 1 act, with Henry Currat and Frédéric Barbier (music), 1864
• 1864: Les Trois Berrichons, vaudeville in 1 act

Bibliography

• Georges d'Heylli, Dictionnaire des Pseudonymes, 1868, p. 78