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There are five rivers that have the name '''Aubette''' is the name various rivers in France. It is the dimunitive form of ''[[Aube (river)|Aube]]''. It corresponds to the word ''alb''. It derives from the [[Latin]] words, ''[[wiktionary:albus|albus]]'', [[white]] or ''[[wiktionary:alveus|alveus]]'' ([[cavity]], [[river]]).

'''Theodore Barrière''' ([[1823]]– [[October 16]], [[1877]]), [[France|French]] [[dramatist]], was born in [[Paris]].

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'''Aubette''', a small [[Rivers of France|river]] of [[Seine-Maritime]] [[département]], its length is only 4.5 km. It begins near [[Saint-Aubin-Épinay]], and flows along the town [[Darnétal]]. It is joined by the river [[Robec]] before it flows into the [[Seine]] near [[Rouen]]. In the [[19th century]], the Aubette had a hundred mills, textiles, paper mills, etc. Although the river [[Robec]] is longer than the Aubette (14 km) it was considered to be a tributary of Aubette.

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'''Aubette de Meulan''' begins near [[Guiry-en-Vexin]] in [[Val-d'Oise]], it flows through [[Vigny, Val-d'Oise|Vigny]] and empties into the [[Seine]] in [[Meulan]] in [[Yvelines]] département. One commune is named after this river: [[Tessancourt-sur-Aubette]] (Yvelines).

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'''Aubette de Magny''', a tributary of the river [[Epte]] in [[Val-d'Oise]]. Its source is near [[Magny-en-Vexin]]. It flows into the Epte at [[Bray-et-Lû]].

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'''Aubette''', a river of [[Cote d'Or]] and [[Haute-Marne]], which empties into the [[Aube River|Aube]] near [[Dancevoir]].

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'''Aubette''' is also the name of a historical building in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]]. Between 1926 and 1928 it was redecorated by [[De Stijl]] artist [[Theo van Doesburg]].

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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 bohème'' (1849), adapted from [[Henri Murger]]’s book with the novelist’s help

*''Manon Lescaut'' (1851)

*''Les Filles de marbre'' (1853)

*''L’Héritage de Monsieur Plumet'' (1858)

*''Les Faux Bonshommes'' (1856) with [[Ernest Capendu]]

*''Malheureux vaincus'' (1865), which was forbidden by the censor

*''Le Gascon'' (1878).

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Barrière died in Paris.

[[Category:1823 births|Barrière, Theodore]]

[[Category:1877 deaths|Barrière, Theodore]]

[[Category:French dramatists and playwrights|Barrière, Theodore]]