Léon Laya

Léon Laya (c.1810 in Paris – 5 September 1872 in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. The académicien Jean-Louis Laya was his father.

Léon Laya was the author of a number of successful comedies, alternating between the delicacy or purity of the idea and the vivacity of the form : ''Une Maîtresse anonyme'', in 2 acts (1812) ; ''la Peau du lion'', in 2 acts (1814) ; ''les Cœurs d’or'', in 3 acts, with Prémaray (Gymnase, 1854) ; ''les Jeunes gens'', in 3 acts, free and independent adaptation of Terence's ''Adelphoe'' (Théâtre-Français, 1855) ; ''le duc Job'', in 4 acts, one of the most sustained successes of the Théâtre-Français (1859) ; ''la Loi du cœur'' (Théâtre-Français, 1862), etc. Provided by Wikipedia