Lubize, real name Pierre-Michel Martin [1][2] or Martin-Lubize (21 February 1798 (3 ventôse an VI) [3] – 28 January 1863 [4]) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
The son of Michel Martin, former soldier, and of Marie Lubize [5] whose name he chose as pseudonym, he studied at collège Bourbon and worked first in the office of the Laffitte et Cie bank.
[7] and made his debut at theatre in 1832 with a three-act play titled L'Abbaye-aux-Bois, written in collaboration with Pixérécourt.
In May 1844, Lubize became director of the Théâtre du Vaudeville where he succeeded the playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.
[8] At the announcement of his death, the magazine Jean Diable read: M. Pierre Henri [sic] Martin called Lubize has just died at the age of 61.