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Antony Mars
Born 22 October 1861 Died 17 February 1915(1915-02-17) (aged 53) Occupation Playwright Years active 1885 – 1923
Antony Mars (22 October 1861 – 17 February 1915) was a French
playwright
Biography
After he studied at a high school in
Marseille , Antony March became a lawyer's clerk then an employee at the
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est . En 1882, he collaborated with several newspapers: La Cocarde , Le Mot d'ordre , Le Réveil (1882-1884).
[1]
A friend of Paul Morisse and Raymond Bonheur,
[2] he made his debut in theatre in
Le Havre in 1885 with Les Droits de la femme .
[3] He obtained many successes in his time but today his most famous
play remains Les Surprises du divorce written in 1888 with
Alexandre Bisson .
Works
He left a great number of plays, staged on the most famous Parisian venues:
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens ,
Théâtre de la Renaissance ,
Théâtre de Cluny ,
théâtre du Palais-Royal ,
théâtre du Gymnase or else
Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques , often presented again in the 1910s-1950s.
1885: Un enlèvement , monologue comique
1887: Quand on conspire ! ,
opérette bouffe in 1 act
1887: Tête folle ,
comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts with distincts and music
1888: Les Deux Pigeons , play in 2 acts, with songs and music, for young girls
1888: Veuve Durosel ! ... , comedy in 1 act
1889: La Meunière du Moulin-joli , play in 2 acts, with chorus and distincts
1889: Les Maris sans femmes , comedy in 3 acts
1889: Le Secret des Pardhaillan , folie-vaudeville in 1 act
1889: Les Surprises du divorce , comedy in 3 acts, with
Alexandre Bisson
1890: À la salle de police , saynète
1890: Les Douze Femmes de Japhet , vaudeville opérette in three acts
1890: Un monsieur qui dîne en ville , comedy in 1 act
1890: Les Vieux Maris , comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts
1891: La Demoiselle du téléphone
1891: Le Mitron
1892: Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette , vaudeville-operetta in 4 acts
1892: La Bonne de chez Duval
1892: 3, rue de la Pompe
1893: L'Homme à l'oreille cassée
1893: Un conte bleu ,
operetta in 3 acts
1894: Barbotin et Picquoiseau , comédie en vaudevilles in two acts
1894: Monsieur Gavroche , comédie en vaudevilles in two acts with chorus and distincts
1895: La Dot de Brigitte , operetta in 3 acts
1896: Le Voyage de Corbillon
1896: L'Hôtel du lac ,
vaudeville in two acts
1896: Le Mari d'Hortense , comedy in 1 act
1896: Rose et Blanche , comedy in two acts, with chorus and distincts
1896: Sa majesté l'amour , operetta with extravaganza in 3 acts
1896: Le Truc de Séraphin , comedy in three acts, with
Maurice Desvallières
1897: Les Fêtards , operetta in 3 acts, with
Maurice Hennequin
1897: La Succession Beaugaillard , comédie en vaudevilles in three acts
1898: Le Docteur Oscar , comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act
1899: La Mouche
1899: La Poule blanche
1899: La Meunière du Moulin-joli , comedy in 2 acts, with chorus and distincts
1901: Le Billet de logement ,
comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts
1902: La Petite Cendrillon ,
operetta in 2 acts
1903: La Marmotte
1906: Le Fils à papa , comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with
Maurice Desvallières
1909: La Revanche d'Ève
1911: Madame l'Amirale
1911: La Roue de la fortune , comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts
1911: Mon ami Chose !... , comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, for young men
1912: Son Altesse , comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts
1913: La Chaste Suzanne , operetta in 3 acts (a French version of
Die keusche Susanne which is based on Le Fils à papa , 1906)
1923: La Mort d'Arthème Lapin , drame parodique (mélimélodrama) in 1 act
Filmography
Les Surprises du divorce [
fr ] , directed by
Georges Monca and
Charles Prince (France, 1912, short film, based on Les Surprises du divorce )
Le Fils à papa , directed by
Georges Monca and
Charles Prince (France, 1913, short film, based on Le Fils à papa )
Le Voyage de Corbillon , directed by
Georges Monca and
Charles Prince (France, 1914, short film, based on Le Voyage de Corbillon )
I mariti allegri , directed by
Camillo De Riso (Italy, 1914, short film, based on Les Maris sans femmes )
L'ammiraglia , directed by
Nino Oxilia (Italy, 1914, short film, based on Madame l'Amirale )
The Girl in the Taxi , directed by
Lloyd Ingraham (1921, based on Le Fils à papa )
Le sorprese del divorzio [
it ] , directed by
Guido Brignone (Italy, 1923, based on Les Surprises du divorce )
Chaste Susanne , directed by
Richard Eichberg (Germany, 1926, based on Le Fils à papa )
I 28 giorni di Claretta , directed by
Eugenio Perego (Italy, 1927, based on Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette )
Billeting Order , directed by
Charles-Félix Tavano (France, 1932, based on Le Billet de logement )
Les Surprises du divorce [
fr ] , directed by
Jean Kemm (France, 1933, based on Les Surprises du divorce )
Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette [
fr ] , directed by
André Hugon (France, 1933, based on Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette )
Min svärmor - dansösen [
sv ] , directed by
Thor L. Brooks [
sv ] (Sweden, 1936, based on Les Surprises du divorce )
La Chaste Suzanne [
fr ] , directed by
André Berthomieu (France, 1937, based on Le Fils à papa )
Le sorprese del divorzio [
it ] , directed by
Guido Brignone (Italy, 1939, based on Les Surprises du divorce )
Las sorpresas del divorcio [
es ] , directed by
Roberto Ratto [
es ] (Argentina, 1943, based on Les Surprises du divorce )
La Casta Susana , directed by
Benito Perojo (Argentina, 1944, based on Le Fils à papa )
La Casta Susana [
fr ] , directed by
Luis César Amadori (Spain, 1963, based on Le Fils à papa )
References
^ Christophe Charle, Théâtres en capitales , Albin Michel, 2008, p.168
^ Guillaume Labussière, Raymond Bonheur, 1861-1939 , L'Harmattan, 2005, p.193
^ Henry Gidel, Le Vaudeville , PUF, 1986, p.91
Bibliography
Hugo P. Thieme , Guide bibliographique de la littérature française de 1800 à 1906 , 1907
Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes , 1963, p. 121
Kurt Gänzl, The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre , vol.2, 2001, p. 13
External links
International National Artists Other