Richard C. Norton and Kurt Gänzl both concluded that Paul Hervé and Jean Briquet likely never existed. They were most likely pen names for Adolf Philipp.
There is no record of Adele having been produced in France. The claim of an original French libretto was probably made to give the show an air of sophistication.
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