More from Le Cimetière Père-Lachaise, Paris (75): #13: Eugène Scribe

Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) was a highly successful and prolific dramatist, librettist and novelist elected to the Académie française en 1834 and in his late teens created plays with friends such as Casimir Delavigne, Henri Dupin and Delestre-Poirson. He is now all but forgotten.

Eugène Scribe, 3e arrondissement

'À

EUGÈNE SCRIBE

1791–1861'

This memorial to the once internationally famous writer of plays (comedies and vaudevilles) Eugène Scribe is on the corner of rue de la Reynie and rue St Denis.