BARRIERE

barriere, theodore (1823-1877), french dramatist, was born in paris in 1823. 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 a vaudeville he had performed at the beaumarchais and which was immediately snapped up for the repertory of the palais 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: _la vie de boheme_ (1849), adapted from henri murger's book with the novelist's help; _manon lescaut_ (1851); _les filles de marbre_ (1853); _l'heritage de monsieur plumet_ (1858); _les faux bonshommes_ (1856) with ernest capendu; _malheureux vaincus_ (1865), which was forbidden by the censor; _le gascon_ (1878). barriere died in paris on the 16th of october 1877. see also _revue des deux mondes_ (march 1859).