Maurice Ordonneau  Maurice Ordonneau (18 June 1854 – 14 November 1916) was a French dramatist and composer. The son of a merchant of eau de vie, Maurice Ordonneau was a prolific author in creating theatrical works. He composed, often with the collaboration of other playwrights, composers and musicians, a great number of operettas, opéra-bouffes, comedies and vaudevilles. During some months after the death of the playwright Jean Gascogne, Ordonneau was responsible for the drama critic at "La Libre Parole"