Émile Fabre (24 March 1869 in Metz, France – 25 September 1955 in Paris) [1] was a French playwright and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1915 to
Émile Fabre | |
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Born | 24 March 1869 Metz, France |
Died | 25 September 1955 Paris, France |
1936. [2]:227 He was greatly influenced by Balzac as a young man, and most of his best-known plays deal with the sacrifice of personal happiness to the pursuit of wealth. [3] He also wrote the libretto for Xavier Leroux's opera Les cadeaux de Noël (The Christmas Gifts) which was a great success when it premiered in Paris in 1915. [4]
Fabre was appointed general administrator of the Comédie-Française on 2 December 1915. [2]:227 According to Susan McCready,
During Fabre's tenure, the Comédie-Française moved from the center of the theatre scene, where theatrical creation and innovation are paramount, to its periphery, where [ . . . ] its role was increasingly limited to the preservation of the past. [2]:2
In 1922 he organised the Cycle Moliere, in which all of Moliere's plays were performed in chronological order. [2]:231
The success of this event, encouraged him to organise the Centennial of Romanticism in 1927, the 100-year anniversary of Victor Hugo's Preface de Cromwell (Qe Waleffe). [2]:232 Over the course of the Centennial the theatre staged twenty-one Romantic plays.
He resigned from the position 15 October 1936. [2]:227
Fabre's plays include: [3]
Émile Fabre (24 March 1869 in Metz, France – 25 September 1955 in Paris) [1] was a French playwright and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1915 to
Émile Fabre | |
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Born | 24 March 1869 Metz, France |
Died | 25 September 1955 Paris, France |
1936. [2]:227 He was greatly influenced by Balzac as a young man, and most of his best-known plays deal with the sacrifice of personal happiness to the pursuit of wealth. [3] He also wrote the libretto for Xavier Leroux's opera Les cadeaux de Noël (The Christmas Gifts) which was a great success when it premiered in Paris in 1915. [4]
Fabre was appointed general administrator of the Comédie-Française on 2 December 1915. [2]:227 According to Susan McCready,
During Fabre's tenure, the Comédie-Française moved from the center of the theatre scene, where theatrical creation and innovation are paramount, to its periphery, where [ . . . ] its role was increasingly limited to the preservation of the past. [2]:2
In 1922 he organised the Cycle Moliere, in which all of Moliere's plays were performed in chronological order. [2]:231
The success of this event, encouraged him to organise the Centennial of Romanticism in 1927, the 100-year anniversary of Victor Hugo's Preface de Cromwell (Qe Waleffe). [2]:232 Over the course of the Centennial the theatre staged twenty-one Romantic plays.
He resigned from the position 15 October 1936. [2]:227
Fabre's plays include: [3]