Claim: In Le Procès Veauradieux (a farce written by Belgian playwright Alfred Hennequin and French playwright Alfred Delacour), Fauvinard is a Parisian lawyer who, along with his colleague Tardivaut, fabricates a case–the Veauradieux trial– to create an alibi for their extramarital affairs.
Evidence: Alfred Néoclès Hennequin (13 January 1842 – 7 August 1887) was a Belgian playwright, best known for his farces. Le Procès Veauradieux (The Veauradieux Trial) is an 1875 farce written by Alfred Hennequin and Alfred Delacour. Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Fauvinard is a Parisian lawyer, with a bullying mother-in-law. He and his colleague Tardivaut fabricate a case – the Veauradieux trial – to create an alibi for their extramarital affairs.