Comte Émile de Najac was a French librettist. He was a prolific writer during 2nd Empire and early part of the 3rd Republic, supplying plays and opéra comique

Opéra comique

Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent , which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections...

 librettos, many in one act. His son was also a writer for the stage.

With Paul Ferrier

Paul Ferrier

Paul Ferrier , French dramatist, was born at Montpellier.He had already produced several comedies when in 1873 he secured real success with two short pieces, Chez l'avocat and Les Incendies de Massoulard. Others of his numerous plays are Les Compensations ; L'Art de tramper les femmes , with M...

 he wrote the libretto for Lecocq

Lecocq

The surname Lecocq is shared by the following:*Alexandre Charles Lecocq , French operetta composer*Jean-Pierre Lecocq , molecular biologist...

’s La vie mondaine (1885) and with Paul Burani

Paul Burani

Paul Burani , born 26 March 1845 in Paris and died 9 October 1901, was a French author, actor, song-writer and librettist.He collaborated on libretti for the following operas:...

 the libretto for Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui

Le roi malgré lui

Le roi malgré lui is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but has not found a place in the repertory, mainly because of the poor libretto...

(1887).

For Émile Jonas he provided the libretto to the opéras bouffe

Opéra bouffe

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 Estelle et Némourin (1882, with Henri Bocage) and Le Premier baiser (1883, with Raoul Toché). For Pierre-Louis Deffès, Victorien Sardou

Victorien Sardou

Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play...

 and de Najac wrote the words for Les Noces de Fernande (1878).

The play Divorçons (1880), in collaboration with Sardou, survives in the French stage repertory to this day, and formed the basis for Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...

’s 1941 film Illusions perdues (That Uncertain Feeling)

That Uncertain Feeling (film)

That Uncertain Feeling is a 1941 comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas and Burgess Meredith. The film is about the bored wife of an insurance salesman who meets an eccentric pianist and seeks a divorce. The screenplay by Walter Reisch and Donald Ogden...

. Apart from Sardou, de Najac collaborated with Scribe

Eugène Scribe

Augustin Eugène Scribe , was a French dramatist and librettist. He is best known for the perfection of the so-called "well-made play" . This dramatic formula was a mainstay of popular theater for over 100 years.-Biography:...

, About

Edmond François Valentin About

Edmond François Valentin About was a French novelist, publicist and journalist.-Life:He was born at Dieuze, in the Moselle département in the Lorraine region of France. In 1848 he entered the École Normale, taking second place in the annual competition for admission in which Hippolyte Taine came...

and Millaud.