Dennery

Dennery, ADOLPHE PHILIPPE, a French dramatic writer of Jewish extraction, was born at Paris on June 17, 1811. His first employment was that of clerk to a notary; but he soon became a successful dramatic author, and was so prolific that between 1831 and 1881 he produced, by himself or in concert with others, about two hundred pieces in one style or another, including regular dramas, vaudevilles, and operatic texts. One of the most successful was the drama, Marie Jeanne (1845). He was the creator of the Norman watering-place, Cabourg. He died 25th January 1899.