[Charles Camille]. French dramatic author, born in Paris on the 16th of May 1812; studied law and practiced as a notary. He soon began to devote himself to dramatic composition, and produced, in collaboration with Antoine Bayard, in 1838, the vaudeville Léonce. He wrote a number of plays, which were published in 1858, under the title Comédies en Vers, and which were produced at the Théâtre Français. They included Un Jeune Homme; L’Avocat de sa Cause; Ennemis de la Maison; and Le Fruit Défendu. He produced, also, many other works, both of a poetical and dramatic nature, such as La Considération, a drama in four acts (1860); Le Chant du Cygne and Le Juin, 1606, both in verse. In 1853 he became divisional chief of theaters, and had in this capacity the supreme charge of the Paris theaters as well as those in the departments. In 1865 he was elected a member of the Academy and, eleven years later, became its permanent secretary. He was elected several times as member of the council-general of the Yonne for the district of Ville-Neuve l’Archevêque, and in 1891 was promoted to be grand officer of the Legion of Honor. He died on the 1st of April 1895.
