Francis Gally, real name Francis Jean Mazières, (28 October 1863 [1]
â€" 20 November 1918) was an early 20th-century French actor and
playwright.Francis Gally began a career in acting. He then turned to
writing. He wrote numerous comédies en vaudeville and operettas. He
worked in collaboration with the playwrights Hugues Delorme and
Maurice Ordonneau as well as with the composer Henri Goublier [fr].In
1915, the operetta La Cocarde de Mimi-Pinson, a theatre play in honour
of the poilus fighting for the French flag, was a triomph at the
Théâtre de l'Apollo in Paris. At the beginning of World War I,
midinettes nicknamed Mimi Pinson, were making tricolor rosettes for
the benefit of solidarity funds (a work led by Gustave Charpentier).
Henri Goublier thought that the current events could be a good subject
operetta. Goublier obtained the agreement of Maurice Ordonneau, one of
the fashionable authors of the time for the libretto, a project which
Francis Gally joined. The operetta was presented 25 November
1915.(selection)
â€" 20 November 1918) was an early 20th-century French actor and
playwright.Francis Gally began a career in acting. He then turned to
writing. He wrote numerous comédies en vaudeville and operettas. He
worked in collaboration with the playwrights Hugues Delorme and
Maurice Ordonneau as well as with the composer Henri Goublier [fr].In
1915, the operetta La Cocarde de Mimi-Pinson, a theatre play in honour
of the poilus fighting for the French flag, was a triomph at the
Théâtre de l'Apollo in Paris. At the beginning of World War I,
midinettes nicknamed Mimi Pinson, were making tricolor rosettes for
the benefit of solidarity funds (a work led by Gustave Charpentier).
Henri Goublier thought that the current events could be a good subject
operetta. Goublier obtained the agreement of Maurice Ordonneau, one of
the fashionable authors of the time for the libretto, a project which
Francis Gally joined. The operetta was presented 25 November
1915.(selection)
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