Charles Maurice Donnay
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Charles Maurice Donnay French
dramatist, was born of middle-class parents in Paris
. Graduated as an engineer of École Centrale Paris
, he left the industrial sector to write.
He made his serious debut as a dramatist on the little stage of the Chat Noir with Phryne (1891), a series of Greek scenes. Lysistrata, a four-act comedy, was produced at the Grand Théâtre in 1892 with Mme Rejane in the title part. Later plays were:
With Amants he won a great success, and the play was hailed by Jules Lemaître
as the Berenice of contemporary French drama. Very advanced ideas on the relations between the sexes dominate the whole series of plays, and the witty dialogue is written with an apparent carelessness that approximates very closely to the language of every day.
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dramatist, was born of middle-class parents in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Graduated as an engineer of École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...
, he left the industrial sector to write.
He made his serious debut as a dramatist on the little stage of the Chat Noir with Phryne (1891), a series of Greek scenes. Lysistrata, a four-act comedy, was produced at the Grand Théâtre in 1892 with Mme Rejane in the title part. Later plays were:
- Folle Entreprise (1894)
- Pension de famille (1894)
- Complices (1895), in collaboration with M. Groselande
- Amants (1895), produced at the Renaissance theatre with Mme Jeanne GranierJeanne GranierJeanne Granier was a French soprano, born 31 March 1852 in Paris, and died there on 18 or 19 December 1939.Granier was a pupil of Barthe-Banderali, studying both opéra-comique and Italian music....
as Claudine Rozeray - La Douloureuse (1897)
- L'Affranchie (1898)
- Georgette Lemeunier (1898)
- Le Torrent (1899), at the Comédie Française
- Education de prince (1900)
- La Clairière (1900)
- Oiseaux de passage (1904), in collaboration with Lucien DescavesLucien DescavesLucien Descaves was a French novelist. A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou and Une vieille rate followed strongly the naturalism movement.The anti-military novel, Sous-Offs provoked a scandal...
- La Bascule (Igor)
- L'Autre danger, at the Comédie Française (1902)
- Le Retour de Jerusalem (1903)
- L'Escalade (1904)
- Paraître (1906)
With Amants he won a great success, and the play was hailed by Jules Lemaître
Jules Lemaître
François Élie Jules Lemaître , was a French critic and dramatist.He was born at Vennecy . He became a professor at the university of Grenoble, but was already well known for his literary criticism, and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature...
as the Berenice of contemporary French drama. Very advanced ideas on the relations between the sexes dominate the whole series of plays, and the witty dialogue is written with an apparent carelessness that approximates very closely to the language of every day.
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