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  - 248 results

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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
...connait le sujet depuis que M. Victorien Sardou en a fait une piece representee...1. Sardou Victorien, Les Pattes de Mouche, edited by Farnsworth, p.77. 2. Sardou Victorien, Les Pattes de Mouche, edited...
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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
...31; SSBO 221; SW198-99 . Sardou, Victorien b. 5 September 1831, Paris...composition entrusted to him. Sardou refused to be discouraged by these...and theatre managers to invite Sardou to submit scripts for their consideration...
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Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
Book by Horatio Smith; Columbia university press, 1947
Subjects: Authors, European--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, European Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography, European Literature--Dictionaries
...1930 , p. 574. G. M. M. Sardou, Victorien 1831-1908 , French dramatist...were never played in French. Sardou was elected a member of the French...it is because at an early age Sardou showed himself unrivaled, even...
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Victor Hugo's Drama: An Annotated Bibliography, 1900-1980
Book by Ruth Lestha Doyle; Greenwood Press, 1981
Subjects: Hugo, Victor--1802-1885--Dramatic Works--Bibliography
...author of a parody of Angelo, tyran de Padoue. 629. Sardou, Victorien. " Le Cas Angelo: lopinion de M. Victorien Sardou ." Le Figaro , 13 fevr. 1905, p. 4. This dramatist...
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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
...REPUBLICANISM; SAINT- BEUVE; THEATER. SARDOU, VICTORIEN 1831-1908 , dramatist, one of...to pursue a career in medicine, Sardou abandoned his studies and turned...Although it failed miserably, Sardou was not discouraged. With the...
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journal articles on: Sardou Victorien  - 9 results

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Tosca's Kiss: Sardou, Puccini, and the Secret Agent
Journal article by J. H. Stape, Allan H. Simmons; The Conradian : the Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.), Vol. 32, 2007
Toscas Kiss: Sardou, Puccini, and the Secret...drew their libretto, and Victorien Sardous La Tosca (1887...part, Conrad described Sardou as a "good mechanic" when...Illicas collaborator, and Sardou reportedly found their work...
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Henry Irving: the Actor-manager as Auteur
Journal article by Jeffrey Richards; Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Vol. 32, 2005
Subjects: Actors, Comparative studies, Drama, Dramatists, Irving, Henry (1838-1905), Motion picture directors & producers, Motion picture industry
...commission from the ever-reliable Victorien Sardou. The first suggestion was made...correspondence between Irving and Sardou over the next seven years before...Comyns Carr translated and adapted Victorien Sardous Madame Sans-Gene - but...
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Henry Irving's Hamlet: Some Visual Sources
Journal article by Alan R. Young; Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Vol. 32, 2005
Subjects: Acting, Actors, Irving, Henry (1838-1905), Personal appearance, Photographs, Posture, Theater criticism
...FEDORA (Plate 7), the name of the protagonist and the tide of a play written especially for Sarah Bernhardt by Victorien Sardou. The engraving, which accompanied a review of Sarah Bernhardt in Fedora that was currently playing in Paris at...
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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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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
...La 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 refused...
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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...was premiered in November 1887. Sardou, a Parisian, was concerned less...Sarah Bernhardt. At the time, Sardou was perhaps the most popular playwright...
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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...
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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...


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newspaper articles on: Sardou Victorien  - 5 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...composer Umberto Giordano, who asked Sardou if he could adapt the play for...Giordanos youth and inexperience, Sardou declined, and the matter was dropped...
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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...
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Icons of Scottish Style
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 23, 2011
Subjects: Glasgow School of Art
...poster which appeared on the streets of Paris in January 1895. The poster, an advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou starring Sarah Bernhardt, set the ball rolling, popularising an imaginative new style which drew from the historical...
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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
...Lazinski, a novel, non-singing role. "Fedora" is 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...
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Licentious in Byzantium?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 13, 2004
...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...


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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 dramatist. Author of some 70 plays...plays in a lighter vein is Madame Sans-Gene (1893, tr. 1901). Sardou was attacked for plagiarism but defended himself successfully. He was...
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Opera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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 the drama...


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