Albéric Second
(1816-1887)

Albéric Second was a French author; his works include Les petits mystère de l’opéra (1844).

Second became director of L'Entr'Acte and was one of the founders of both the weekly review La Comédie Parisienne and of Le Grand Journal. In 1860 he was editor of Le Figaro. At the same time he was nominated sous-préfet of Castellane in the Basses-Pyrénées and in 1859 he was decorated with the Légion d'honneur. He published articles and novels, including Les mémoires d'un poisson rouge and La semaine des quatre jeudis. His works for vaudeville theatre included Trichemont fils and Un dragon de vertu while he also wrote works for the legitimate stage such as La peur du mal and Le baiser anonyme.