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Eugène Héros
Eugène Héros (14 August 1860 – 11 December 1925) was a French playwright and chansonnier. Biography A lawyer and member of Le Chat noir, he collaborated among others to '' Le Figaro'' and to '' La France'' and became managing director of the Théâtre du Palais Royal (1907-1910) then of the Scala (1914-1918). His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th and begin of the 20th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre de Cluny, the Palais Royal, the Théâtre de la Renaissance, the Bataclan, and Bobino. A founder of the magazine ''Le Gueux'' (1891-1892), several of his songs were published in ''La Rampe'' and '' Gil-Blas'' illustrated, from 1892 to 1900. They were performed among others by Jean Sablon or Jeannette Levasseur. Works ;Theatre * ''La Noce à Génie'', 1885 * ''Il a des bottes !'', revue in 3 tableaux, with Georges Bertal, 1888 * ''En livrée'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille Mélandri, 1889 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tableau Vivant
A (; often shortened to ; plural: ), French language, French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be Theatre, theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts. A tableau may either be 'performed' live, or depicted in painting, photography and sculpture, such as in many works of the Romanticism, Romantic, Aestheticism, Aesthetic, Symbolism (arts), Symbolist, Pre-Raphaelite, and Art Nouveau movements. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tableaux sometimes featured ('flexible poses') by virtually nude models, providing a form of Erotica, erotic entertainment, both on stage and in print. Tableaux continue to the present day in the form of living statues, street performers who busk by posing in costume. Origin Occasionally, a Mass (liturgy), Mass was punctuated with short dramatic scenes and paintin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Garnier
Léon Garnier (1856 in Lyon – 1905 in Meung-sur-Loire (Loiret)) was a French 19th-century composer and lyricist. Garnier wrote numerous songs with , and particularly two songs, created by Paulus, which were met with enormous success in their time, ' and ''Le Père la Victoire''. Works (selection) * ''Le Lendemain matin'', chansonnette, lyrics and music by Delormel and Garnier, 1884 * ''À trente-cinq ans'', chansonnette, lyrics and music by Delormel and Garnier, 1885 * ''De c'côté-ci, de c'côté-là !'', chansonnette, lyrics and music by Delormel and Garnier, 1885 * ''En v'nant de Montmorency'', chanson, lyrics and music by Delormel and Garnier, 1885 * ''La Montre en argent'', chansonnette, lyrics and music by Delormel and Garnier, 1885 * ''Exploits d'huissier'', monologue by Garnier and Charles-Albert d'Appy, 1885 * ''Le Signe de la croix'' and ''Ah ! qu'j'ai mal au pied'', 2 monologues comiques by Garnier and d'Appy, 1885 * ''Briscard et Pitou'', duo-bouffe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extravaganza
An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also has elements of cabaret, circus, revue, variety, vaudeville and mime. ''Extravaganza'' may more broadly refer to an elaborate, spectacular, and expensive theatrical production. 19th-century British dramatist, James Planché, was known for his extravaganzas. Planché defined the genre as "the whimsical treatment of a poetical subject."Planché. ''The recollections and reflections of J.R. Planché (Somerset herald): a professional biography'' (1872), Vol. II, p. 43 The term is derived from the Italian word ''stravaganza'', meaning extravagance. See also * Spectacle *Victorian burlesque Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trébla
Albert Delvaille, called Trébla Anagramme of Albert (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 30 May 1870 – Paris, October 1943) was a French playwright and novelist. After he finished his studies at École Monge, he joined his father at Sète where he had his first play presented. He was then just 15. After he returned in Paris, his plays were given on numerous stages including the Théâtre Antoine, La Cigale or the Bataclan. He is buried at the Montmartre Cemetery (3rd division). Works * ''Le Médecin vétérinaire'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1885 * ''Le Harem de Pontarlier'', maraboulerie in 1 act, with Carin, music by Laurent Halet, 1897 * ''Elle !'', drame réaliste in 1 act, with John Croisier, 1898 * ''Personne !'', comedy in 1 act, 1899 * ''Un Amant de cœur'', comédie-pantalonnade in 1 act, with Léon Garnier, 1900 * ''L'Amour en fantaisies'', 1900 * ''Cornarville'', one-act play, with Jean Lavaur, 1900 * ''Les Joyeux chauffeurs, ou le Jeu de l'auto'', one-act play, with Carin, 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Abric
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 * León (historical region), composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora * Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries * Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island * Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete North America * León, Guanajuato, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town * Leon, Iowa, United States * Leon, Kansas, United States * Leon, New York, United States * Leon, Oklahoma, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States * Leon, Wisconsin (other), United States, several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-act Play
A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions. One act plays make up the overwhelming majority of Fringe Festival shows including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The origin of the one-act play may be traced to the very beginning of recorded Western drama: in ancient Greece, '' Cyclops'', a satyr play by Euripides, is an early example. The satyr play was a farcical short work that came after a trilogy of multi-act serious drama plays. A few notable examples of one act plays emerged before the 19th century including various versions of the Everyman play and works by Moliere and Calderon.Francis M. Dunn. ''Tragedy's End: Closure and Innovation in Euripidean Drama''. Oxford University Press (1996). One act plays became more common in the 19th century and are now a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Millou
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie. , a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include: Peo ...
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Paul Gavault
Paul Armand Marcel Gavault (1 September 1866 - 25 December 1951) was a French dramatist, playwright and former director of the théâtre de l'Odéon. Biography He enjoyed a hit with his 1906 comic play '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' which was co-authored by Robert Charvay. Paul Gavault was a screenwriter for the production company, working in particular for the films ''La Grande Bretèche'' (1909, after Balzac), ''Joseph vendu par ses frères'' (1909, codirected with Georges Berr), ''Le Luthier de Crémone'' (1909), ''Le Légataire universel'' (1909), ''Werther'' (1910, after Goethe), ''Madame de Langeais'' (1910, after Balzac), ''Carmen'' (1910, after Mérimée), ''Vitellius'' (1910), ''L'Héritière'' (1910), ''Jésus de Nazareth'' (1911) and ''L'Usurpateur'' (1911), '' Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme'' (1914). He was named director of the théâtre de l'Odéon in 1914. Works * 1897 : ''Le Pompier de service'', with Victor de Cottens, Théâtre des Variété ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Féerie
''Féerie'', sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, and acrobatics, as well as magical transformations created by designers and stage technicians, to tell stories with clearly defined melodrama-like morality and an extensive use of supernatural elements. The genre developed in the early 19th century and became immensely popular in France throughout the nineteenth century, influencing the development of burlesque, musical comedy and film. Style ''Féeries'' used a fairy-tale aesthetic to combine theatre with music, dances, mime, acrobatics, and especially spectacular visual effects created by innovative stage machinery, such as trap doors, smoke machines, and quickly changeable sets. Songs always appeared, usually featuring new lyrics to familiar melodies. Transformation scenes, in which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Delilia
Alfred Delilia, full name Alfred Georges Marie Delilia, (16 September 1844 – 5 May 1916) was a French playwright, journalist, and chansonnier. Biography A journalist under the pseudonyms Georges Davray for ''L'Événement'' and Alfred Didier for '' Le Voltaire'', publication director of the ''L'Écho de la Légion d'honneur'', he was dramaturge of the Théâtre Antoine. From 1897, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the end of the 19th-century and the beginning of the 20th including the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Théâtre Déjazet, and the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques. Works * ''On nous écrit de Marseille'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1867 * ''Au Grand-Cerf'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Charles Le Senne, 1869 * ''La Bonne à Venture'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Le Senne, 1872 * ''Les Mémoires d'un flageolet'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Le Senne, 1872 * ''Le Théâtre Scribe'', à-propos in verses, with Le Senne, 1874 * ''Allons b� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Mathieu
Georges Mathieu (27 January 1921 – 10 June 2012) was a French abstract painter, art theorist, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction, a trend of informalism. Biography Early life and education Mathieu was born in 1921 in Boulogne-sur-Mer. His father, Adolphe Georges Mathieu, was employed as a bank manager at Barclays. His mother, Madeleine Durpé, taught him drawing as a child. The family lived near the ramparts of the city at 38 Boulevard du Prince Albert. In 1933 Mathieu's parents divorced and he was placed in the care of his aunt at Versailles. From 1927 to 1933, he attended a variety of schools in Boulogne-sur-Mer and later in Lycée Hoche in Versailles. Thereafter, he studied English and law at the University of Lille. Mathieu obtained a position as an English teacher in 1942 at the lycée of Douai in the north of France. During the ensuing years he held several jobs, serving as an interp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
