SARDOU, VICTORIEN

vēktôryăNˈ särdooˈ, 1831–1908, French dramatist. Author of some 70 plays, he won great popularity with his light comedies and pretentious historical pieces, but his reputation later declined. His best farce comedy is Divorçons! (1880, tr. 1881). Among his semihistorical melodramas are Patrie! (1869, tr. 1915) and Fédora (1882, tr. 1883), in which Sarah Bernhardt made her triumphant return to the Paris stage. Sardou's other plays written for her are La Tosca (1887, tr. 1925), the source of Puccini's opera, and Cléopâtre (1890). Two plays written for Sir Henry Irving, Robespierre (1899) and Dante (1903), were never given in French. Also among his plays in a lighter vein is Madame Sans-Gêne (1893, tr. 1901). Sardou was attacked for plagiarism but defended himself successfully. He was elected to the French Academy.

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books on: Sardou Victorien  - 249 results

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1.
The Influence of Edgar Allan Poe in France
Book by Célestin Pierre Cambiaire; G. E. Stechert, 1927
Subjects: Fantasy Literature, American--Appreciation--France, French Literature--American Influences, Poe, Edgar Allan--1809-1849--Appreciation--France, Poe, Edgar Allan--1809-1849--Influence
...PART VI POES INFLUENCE ON THE FRENCH THEATRE CHAPTER I. -- Poe and Victorien Sardou 285 CHAPTER II. -- Poe and Maurice Maeterlinck 296...
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A Henry James Encyclopedia
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 1989
Subjects: James, Henry--1843-1916--Encyclopedias
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French Theatre in New York: A List of Plays, 1899-1939
Book by Hamilton Mason; Columbia University Press, 1940
Subjects: French Drama--Bibliography, Theater--New York (N.Y.)
...Maurice Hennequin and second to Victorien Sardou. Molieres most lamentable...13. La Tosca: La Tosca, Victorien Sardou; Grand Opera House; October...15. Gismonda: Gismonda, Victorien Sardou; Grand Opera House; October...
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The Paris Opera: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers Growth and Grandeur, 1815-1914
Book by Spire Pitou; Greenwood Press, 1990
Subjects: Opaera De Paris, Opera--France--Paris--Encyclopedias
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Historical Dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852-1870
Book by William E. Echard; Greenwood Press, 1985
Subjects: France--History--Second Empire, 1852-1870--Dictionaries
...pinnacle of spectacle, of acting Rachel , and of writing Dumas fils, Meilhac, Halevy, Banville, Feydeau, Labiche, Sardou, Scribe, Sand, Vigny ; Romantic opera reached its apogee; concert life assumed its modern aspect; and the operetta was...
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journal articles on: Sardou Victorien  - 5 results

 
 
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Lily Bart and the Drama of Femininity
Journal article by Cynthia Griffin Wolff; American Literary History, Vol. 6, 1994
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism
...playwrights Augustin-Eugene Scribe and Victorien Sardou, the regulations that shaped the...tradition begun in France with Sardou and Scribe was elaborated in Edwardian...French Academy upon welcoming Sardou into membership, "It plays a major...
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Russia at Play: Leisure Activities at the End of the Tsarist Era
Journal article by Ben Eklof; Journal of Social History, Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Popular Theater and Society in Tsarist Russia (Book)--Book reviews, Russia at Play: Leisure Activities at the End of the Tsarist Era (Book)--Book reviews
...in France, England and Russia, pointing out that, unlike western practioners of the "piece bien faite" (1) such as Victorien Sardou, Russias Alexander Ostrovskii achieved lasting and deserved fame by "dramatizing the new attitudes toward both production...
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The French Trials of Oscar Wilde
Journal article by Nancy Erber; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 6, 1996
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...Plume . He systematically reviewed the excuses made by prominent French writers such as the popular playwright Victorien Sardou and the erstwhile aesthete Barres. Like Coppee and Zola, whom Merrill also took to task, they had ignored or...
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Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World
Journal article by Michael R. Booth; Theatre Notebook, Vol. 60, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World (Book)--Book reviews
...could not fulfill his desire for romantic historical melodramas of great size and production scale. W. G. Wills and Victorien Sardou head his list, which says something about his modern repertory. Irvings production methods, especially in Shakespeare...
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The Homosexual as Villain and Victim in Fin-De-Siècle Drama
Journal article by Laurence Senelick; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 4, 1993
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...prime weapon, the purloined letter, has its counterpart in the numerous mislaid missives of the well-made play; Victorien Sardou 1860 Les Pattes de mouche (A scrap of paper) proliferated into sheaves of telltale correspondence on which the...


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magazine articles on: Sardou Victorien  - 3 results

 
 
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Fact or Fiction?
Magazine article by Erica Jeal; Musical Times, Vol. 141, Summer 2000
Fact or Fiction? by Erica Jeal Victorien Sardou set his play La Tosca in the Rome of 1800...the way. Nicassio first concentrates on Sardous play, which was premiered in November 1887. Sardou, a Parisian, was concerned less with the...
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First Performance of Puccini's Tosca
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 50, January 2000
Subjects: Composers--Conduct of life, Franchetti, Alberto--Conduct of life, Operas--History, Puccini, Giacomo--Conduct of life, Ricordi, Giulio--Conduct of life, Tosca (Opera)--History
...highly regarded French playwright Victorien Sardou had written as a sensational acting...travel which he enjoyed. He met Sardou in Paris several times to discuss...side of the Castel Sant Angelo. Sardou said this did not matter, but Puccini...
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Down with the Yanks!
Magazine article by Herb Greer; World and I, Vol. 19, February 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, L'ennemi Americain: Genealogie de L'antiamericanisme Francais (Book)--Book reviews
...nineteenth century, France began to see itself as the proto- martyr of American imperialism. In 1873 the playwright Victorien Sardou presented his "Oncle Sam" on the Paris stage, popularizing the image of Americans as undemocratic, uncultured, cynical...


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newspaper articles on: Sardou Victorien  - 4 results

 
 
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Met Ignites Passion, Intrigue of 'Fedora'
Newspaper article by T.L. Ponick; The Washington Times, October 26, 1997
Subjects: Giordano, Umberto, Metropolitan Opera
...melodrama by French playwright Victorien Sardou, whose "Fedora" was originally...Czar Alexander II by Nihilists, Sardous play was scandalous and sensational...composer Umberto Giordano, who asked Sardou if he could adapt the play for...
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Voices Save 'Fedora' from Poor Staging
Newspaper article by T.L. Ponick; The Washington Times, November 1, 1998
Subjects: Domingo, Placido, Freni, Mirella, Giordano, Umberto
...based on a melodrama by 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou that originally was created as a starring vehicle for actress Sarah Bernhardt. Sardous controversial and sensational drama drew huge audiences...
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Licentious in Byzantium?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 13, 2004
...and cruel Theodoras created in turn by Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade (1740-1814), Victorien Sardou (1831-1908), Charles Diehl (1895-1985). "Whether ancient or modern, the literary fables spring to life when they...
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 7, 2007
...number and it became known as the "Zeroth"? 40 Which once extremely popular hats name comes from an 1882 play by Victorien Sardou? 41 Blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly, was particularly noted for his virtuosity on which instrument? 42...


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encyclopedia articles on: Sardou Victorien  - 3 results

 
 
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Sardou, Victorien
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SARDOU, VICTORIEN vektoryaN sardoo , 1831 1908, French...her triumphant return to the Paris stage. Sardous other plays written for her are La Tosca...is Madame Sans-Gene (1893, tr. 1901). Sardou was attacked for plagiarism but defended...
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Opera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...were Puccinis first two triumphs, and both brought him international fame. Tosca (1900), based on a melodrama by Victorien Sardou , was another instant success, but Madama Butterfly (1904) failed when it was first performed, only to succeed...
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Drama, Western
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...plot construction, reflected in the smoothly contrived climaxes of the "well-made" plays of Eugene Scribe and Victorien Sardou of France and Arthur Wing Pinero of England. The work of Emile Augier and Alexandre Dumas fils combined...


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