Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872 – 1955) was a French playwright and drama critic.
Besnard was born in Nonancourt on 19 January 1872.[1] He held a doctorate in law. He also studied Russian at the École des langues orientales.[citation needed]
His play Le Coeur partagé was premiered on 6 Decembre 1926 in Paris by the Comédie-Française at the Salle Richelieu, and ran until 1931.[2] His 1927 play Dans l'ombre du harem was adapted the following year into a silent film of the same name (In the Shadow of the Harem).[3][4][5]
In 1932, Besnard adapted Im weißen Rößl, a German operetta by Ralph Benatzky, into French as L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc.[6][7][8]
Besnard died in Paris in 1955.[1] He is buried at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris.[citation needed]
Plays
- 1896: Le Glas[citation needed]
- 1898: Papa Dollivet[citation needed]
- 1899: Les Chiens du maître[citation needed]
- 1900: La Fronde[9]
- 1902: Le Domaine[citation needed]
- 1904: L'Affaire Grisel[10]
- 1906: La Plus Amoureuse[11]
- 1908: Mon ami Teddy[12]
- 1909: Le Diable ermite [13]
- 1910: La Folle enchère[citation needed]
- 1913: Je veux revoir ma Normandie [14]
- 1924: L'homme qui n'est plus de ce monde[citation needed]
- 1926: Le Cœur partagé[citation needed]
- 1927: Dans l'ombre du harem[5]
Prizes
The Académie Française awarded Lucien Besnard two prizes:[15]
- 1926: Prix Émile Augier for L'homme qui n’est plus de ce monde
- 1928: Prix Toirac for Le cœur partagé
References
- ^ a b "Acte de décès (avec date et lieu de naissance) à Paris 7e, n° 600, vue 3/31". archives.paris.fr (in French). 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Le Coeur partagé". Comédie-Française (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Dans l'ombre du harem". mubi.com. 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Dans l'ombre du harem". unifrance-org (in French). 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ a b Slavin, David Henry (2001). Colonial Cinema and Imperial France, 1919–1939: White Blind Spots, Male Fantasies, Settler Myths. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 9780801866166. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc". Théâtre musical opérette (in French). 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc". Lausanne Opera (in French). 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "La joyeuse Auberge du cheval blanc régale l'Odéon de Marseille - Actualités - Ôlyrix". www.olyrix.com. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Roberts, Mary Louise (2017). Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin-de-Siècle France. University of Chicago Press. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9780226360751. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ Rancière, Jacques (2021). The Intellectual and His People: Staging the People Volume 2. Verso Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 9781788739658. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ La Revue mondiale: ancienne Revue des revues (in French). La Revue mondiale. 1906.
- ^ Brisson, Adolphe; Brisson, Pierre (1930). Les Annales politiques et littéraires (in French).
- ^ Le Courrier musical (in French). Le Courrier musical. 1912.
- ^ Ruzzante; Mortier, Alfred (1925). Un dramaturge populaire de la renaissance italienne: Ruzzante (1502-1542) (in French). J. Peyronnet et cie.
- ^ "Lucien Besnard". Académie Française (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
External links
- The Origins of the French Popular Theatre Journal of Contemporary History
- Fisher, David James: Paris 2015: Cimetière de Vaugirard, 15e arrondissement #3: Lucien Besnard tonyshaw3.blogspot.com
