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Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872 – 1955) was a French playwright and drama critic.

Besnard was born in Nonancourt on 19 January 1872.[1] He held a doctorate in law. He also studied Russian at the École des langues orientales.[citation needed]

His play Le Coeur partagé was premiered on 6 December 1926 in Paris by the Comédie-Française at the Salle Richelieu, and ran until 1931.[2] His 1927 play Dans l'ombre du harem was adapted the following year into a silent film of the same name (In the Shadow of the Harem).[3][4][5]

In 1932, Besnard adapted Im weißen Rößl, a German operetta by Ralph Benatzky, into French as L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc.[6][7][8]

Grave of Lucien Besnard in Paris

Besnard died in Paris in 1955.[1] He is buried at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris.[citation needed]

Plays

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Prizes

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The Académie Française awarded Lucien Besnard two prizes:[15]

  • 1926: Prix Émile Augier for L'homme qui n’est plus de ce monde
  • 1928: Prix Toirac for Le cœur partagé

References

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  1. 1 2 "Acte de décès (avec date et lieu de naissance) à Paris 7e, n° 600, vue 3/31". archives.paris.fr (in French). 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. "Le Coeur partagé". Comédie-Française (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. "Dans l'ombre du harem". mubi.com. 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. "Dans l'ombre du harem". unifrance-org (in French). 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 Slavin, David Henry (2001). Colonial Cinema and Imperial France, 1919–1939: White Blind Spots, Male Fantasies, Settler Myths. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 9780801866166. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  6. "L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc". Théâtre musical opérette (in French). 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  7. "L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc". Lausanne Opera (in French). 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. "La joyeuse Auberge du cheval blanc régale l'Odéon de Marseille - Actualités - Ôlyrix". www.olyrix.com. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  9. Roberts, Mary Louise (2017). Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin-de-Siècle France. University of Chicago Press. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9780226360751. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  10. Rancière, Jacques (2021). The Intellectual and His People: Staging the People Volume 2. Verso Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 9781788739658. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  11. La Revue mondiale: ancienne Revue des revues (in French). La Revue mondiale. 1906.
  12. Brisson, Adolphe; Brisson, Pierre (1930). Les Annales politiques et littéraires (in French).
  13. Le Courrier musical (in French). Le Courrier musical. 1912.
  14. Ruzzante; Mortier, Alfred (1925). Un dramaturge populaire de la renaissance italienne: Ruzzante (1502-1542) (in French). J. Peyronnet et cie.
  15. "Lucien Besnard". Académie Française (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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