Lucien Besnard
French playwright (1872–1955)
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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]
Besnard died in Paris in 1955.[1] He is buried at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris.[citation needed]
Plays
- 1896: Le Glas[citation needed]
- 1898: Papa Dollivet[citation needed]
- 1899: Les Chiens du maître[citation needed]
- 1900: La Fronde[9]
- 1902: Le Domaine[citation needed]
- 1904: L'Affaire Grisel[10]
- 1906: La Plus Amoureuse[11]
- 1908: Mon ami Teddy[12]
- 1909: Le Diable ermite [13]
- 1910: La Folle enchère[citation needed]
- 1913: Je veux revoir ma Normandie [14]
- 1924: L'homme qui n'est plus de ce monde[citation needed]
- 1926: Le Cœur partagé[citation needed]
- 1927: Dans l'ombre du harem[5]
Prizes
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
