François-Frédéric-Raoul Toché (7 October 1850 – 18 January 1895) was a French playwright and journalist.
Life and career Toché was born on 7 October 1850 in Rueil, now known as Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. As a playwright he is known for his collaborations with Ernest Blum. He also collaborated with Émile de Najac and Paul Siraudin. He contributed to libretti for Jacques Offenbach, Gaston Serpette and Théodore Dubois.
As a journalist he edited Le Gaulois under the pseudonym "Frimousse". His other pen names included Escopette, Raoul Tavel, Robert Triel and Gavroche."Parisian Topics", Evening Standard, 21 January 1895, p. 5 Between 1881 and 1885 he published annual retrospectives of theatrical productions in Paris
Toché was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1893. In desperate financial straits, caused by gambling debts, he killed himself on 18 January 1895 at Chantilly by shooting himself in the head.
Stage works Works to which Toche contributed include: 1877 – Chanteuse par amour 1878 – La revue des Variétés 1880 – Belle Lurette 1881 – La Noce d'Ambroise 1884 – Le Château de Tire-Larigot 1885 – Le Gazier 1885 – Le Petit chaperon rouge 1888 – Les Femmes nerveuses 1889 – Le Parfum 1890 – Les Miettes de l'année 1890 – Le Collectionneur 1890 – Le Cadenas 1890 – Paris fin de siècle 1892 – Le Monde ou l'on flirte 1893 – La maison Tamponin 1893 – Les Femmes des amis 1894 – Madame Mongodin. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, and The New York Times.Raoul Toché, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 9 December 2022"Suicide of Raoul Toché", The New York Times, 19 January 1895, p. 5
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