French dramatic author; born at Metz 1830. His chief plays are: "Le Préjugé"; "Un Malheureux Caractère"; "La Marquise des Rues" (music by Hervé), 1879; "L'Affaire de Viroflay," 1883; "Fanfreluche," 1883; "Une Actrice en Voyage," 1884; "En Grève," 1885; "Fla-Fla," 1886; "Benvenuto" (music by Diaz), 1890; "Au-Delà du Rêve" (music by Massenet), 1903. Hirsch is also the author of the following works: "Les Lagunes et le Tibre," 1862; "Téhéran," 1862; "Le Roman de Deux Femmes," 1887; and "Quelqu'un," 1889.