title: Joseph-Bernard Rosier
text: # Joseph-Bernard Rosier
  
  Joseph-Bernard Rosier (18 October 1804 – 12 October 1880) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He first worked as a solicitor's clerk before becoming a professor of rhetoric and embarking on a literary career in 1830.
  
  His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the nineteenth century, including those of the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and Théâtre français.
  
  ## Works
  
  * 1830: Le Mendiant Cratès, ou le Rêve et le réveil
  * 1830: Le mari de ma femme, comedy in 3 acts
  * 1831: Raymond, ou Le secret de la reine, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Adolphe de Leuven
  * 1831: Le Mariage par dévouement, comedy in 3 acts, in verses
  * 1833: La Mort de Figaro, drama in 5 acts, in prose
  * 1834: Charles IX, drama in 5 acts
  * 1834: La jolie voyageuse ou Les deux Giroux, anecdote contemporaine in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois and René de Chazet
  * 1836: Un procès criminel, ou les Femmes impressionnables, comedy in 3 acts
  * 1836: Vieilles et nouvelles histoires
  * 1837: Maria Padilla, Spanish chronicle in 3 acts, one prologue and one epilogue
  * 1837: Claire, ou la Préférence d'une mère, drama in 3 acts, in prose
  * 1838: Les assurances conjugales, comedy in 1 act, mingled with chant
  * 1838: A trente ans ou Une femme raisonnable, comedy in 3 acts mingled with couplets, with Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche
  * 1839: L'Amour, comedy in 3 acts
  * 1839: La Lune rousse, comedy in 1 act, mingled with songs
  * 1839: Le protégé, comedy in 1 act
  * 1839: Le manoir de Montlouvier, drama in 5 acts
  * 1840: La Femme de mon mari, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets
  * 1840: La mansarde du crime, comedy en 1 act
  * 1841: Zacharie, drama in 5 acts
  * 1841: Langeli, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets
  * 1841: Manche à manche, comedy in 1 act, mingled with song
  * 1842: Les deux brigadiers, vaudeville in 2 acts
  * 1842: Monsieur de Maugaillard, ou le Premier jour des noces, comedy in 1 act in prose
  * 1846: L'Inconsolable ou Les Deux déménagements, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts
  * 1847: Un mousquetaire-gris, comedy mingled with couplets in 2 acts
  * 1848: Le pouvoir d'une femme, comedy in 2 acts
  * 1848: La Dernière conquête, comedy mingled with song, in 2 acts
  * 1849: Brutus, lâche César !, comedy in 1 act mingled with song
  * 1849: La Pension alimentaire, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts
  * 1849: Croque poule, comédie-vaudeville en 1 act
  * 1850: Un mariage en trois étapes, comedy mingled with song, in 3 acts
  * 1850: Le songe d'une nuit d'été, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Ambroise Thomas and Adolphe de Leuven
  * 1851: Deux lions râpés, comédie-vaudeville in 3 tableaux, with Charles Varin
  * 1851: Raymond ou le Secret de la reine, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Ambroise Thomas and Adolphe de Leuven
  * 1851: Une passion du midi, vaudeville in 1 act
  * 1852: Un mari trop aimé, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act
  * 1853: La foi, l'espérance et la charité, drama in 5 acts and six parts
  * 1855: La Cour de Célimène, opéra comique in 2 acts, with Ambroise Thomas
  * 1855: Le Housard de Berchini, opéra comique in 2 acts, with Adolphe Adam
  * 1856: Chacun pour soi, comedy in 3 acts
  * undated: Un bon ouvrier, comédie-vaudeville, with Achille d'Artois
  