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Jules Barbier (1825–1901)
Barbier, Jules (bär-bē-ā’). A French dramatist; born in Paris, March 8, 1825; died on Jan. 16, 1901. Having won success with his first effort, ‘A Poet’ (1847), a drama in verse, he produced ‘The Shades of Molière’ (1847); ‘André Chenier’ (1849); ‘Willy Nilly,’ a comedy (1849); and thereafter in collaboration, mostly with Michel Carré, a number of dramas and vaudevilles, also many librettos for comic-operas. After the war of 1870–71 he published ‘The Sharpshooter, War Songs’ (1871), a collection of patriotic poems; and later two other volumes of lyrics, ‘The Sheaf’ (1882) and ‘Faded Flowers’ (1890); besides ‘Plays in Verse’ (1879).