Édouard Bourdet
Édouard Bourdet (26 October 1887 – 17 January 1945) was a French playwright. Bourdet was born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, and died in Paris.
He was married to the poet, Catherine Pozzi; their son was Claude Bourdet.
Plays
- 1910 : Le Rubicon
- 1922 : L'Heure du berger
- 1923 : L'homme enchaîné
- 1926 : La prisonnière, played in London, New York and Vienna.
- 1927 : Vient de paraître
- 1929 : Le Sexe faible, which ran for nearly two years at the Théâtre de la Michodière and was also presented in Berlin
- 1932 : La Fleur des pois
- 1934 : Les Temps difficiles, revived at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Comédie-Française) from 22 November to 30 December 2006, arranged by Jean-Claude Berruti
- 1936 : Fric-Frac
- 1942 : Père
- 1941 : Hyménée
Further reading
Theses
- Holden, Randall L. (1950). The plays of Edouad Bourdet (masters essay). New York: Columbia University.
Archival Sources
- Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- (ca. 5 linear feet) are housed in the University of Michigan Special Collections Library. Contain correspondence with Édouard Bourdet.
- Alexander Berkman Papers, 1892-1936 (4.05 meters) are held in the International Institute of Social History. Contain correspondence with Édouard Bourdet
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, August 20, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.