Étienne Rey (1 March 1879 – 16 February 1965) was a French writer, dramatist and literary critic and one of the first best-seller writers of the
Grasset publisher.
His
play
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''La belle aventure'', co-written with
Robert de Flers and
Gaston Arman de Caillavet was premiered in 1913 at the
Théâtre du Vaudeville
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, and played again numerous times. It has been adapted to the screen in
1917
Events
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January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
,
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
and
1942
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under the title ''The Beautiful Adventure''.
Works
* 1911: ''Sous la Lumière rouge'', drama in 3 acts
* 1912: ''La renaissance de l'orgueil français'',
Ed. Grasset
* 1913: ''La belle aventure'': comedy in three acts (with
Gaston Arman de Caillavet and
Robert de Flers), performed at the
Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1927 and 1949
[ ]
* 1924: ''Ce que femme veut'': comedy in three acts
* 1925: ''Éloge du mensonge'', Ed. Hachette
* 1926: ''Le Livre de Stendhal sur l'amour''
* 1929: ''La Vie amoureuse de Berlioz'', Ed. Flammarion
References
External links
Quotes by Étienne Rey
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French literary critics
1879 births
1965 deaths
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