Henry Becque
Illustration — Henry Becque by Nadar Henry François Becque (9 April 1837 – 12 May 1899), was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris.
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- Full name
- Henry François Becque.
- Born
- 1837 · former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1899 · Neuilly-sur-Seine.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- playwright · poet · writer · literary critic
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Henry Becque by Nadar Henry François Becque (9 April 1837 – 12 May 1899), was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris.
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Life
In 1867, he wrote, in imitation of Lord Byron, the libretto for Victorin de Joncières's opera Sardanapale, but his first important work, Michel Pauper, appeared in 1870. The importance of this sombre drama was first realized when it was revived at the Odéon in 1886. Les Corbeaux (1882) established Becque's position as an innovator, and in 1885 he produced his most successful play, La Parisienne. Becque produced little during the last years of his life, but his disciples carried on the tradition he had created. His other works include Querelles littéraires (1890), and Souvenirs d'un auteur dramatique (1895), consisting chiefly of reprinted articles in which he does not spare his opponents. His Théâtre complet (3 vols., 1899) includes L'Enfant prodigue (Vaudeville Theatre, 6 November 1868); Michel Pauper (Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 17 June 1870); L'Enlèvement (Vaudeville, 18 November 1871); La Navette (Gymnase, 15 November 1878); Les Honnêtes Femmes (Gymnase, 1 January 1880); Les Corbeaux (Comédie-Française, 14 September 1882); and La Parisienne (Théâtre de la Renaissance, 7 February 1885).
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1837
Henry Becque born at former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
1899
Henry Becque died at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
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Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Reputation
English novelist Arnold Bennett wrote in 1910 that Henri Becque was one of the great dramatists of the 19th century, but that "no first-class modern French author is more perfectly unknown and uncared-for in England than Henri Becque."
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- 1.Bien qu'elle ne corresponde pas aux actes d'état civil et qu'elle n'ait jamais été utilisée par le dramaturge, l'orthographe Henri a été régulièrement reprise par la presse de l'époque et a été retenue pour la dénomination de la rue qui porte son nom dans le arrondissement.
- 2.Paris, État civil reconstitué, vue 80/101. La notice d'autorité de la BNF indique de manière erronée le 28 avril.
- 3.Acte de décès à Neuilly-sur-Seine, n° 225, vue 96/279. Les témoins sont Octave Mirbeau et Lucien Muhlfeld. La notice d'autorité de la BNF indique de manière erronée le 12 avril à Paris.
- 4.Paris-Parisien. Ollendorff. 1899.
- 5.Sa mère était la sœur de Lubize.
- 6.Son frère Charles (1834-1894) y fera toute sa carrière.
- 7.Paul Aron (chercheur) Paul Aron. Les candidatures de Zola à l'Académie française : une obstination significative. Les Cahiers naturalistes. 91. 282 lire en. 2017.
- 8.Claude Gagnière, Pour tout l'or des mots, coll. Bouquins, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1998.
- 9.supp2-3214836.pdf. doi.org.
- 10.Pas de bile !/Han Rybeck ou le Coup de l’étrier - Wikisource. fr.wikisource.org.
- 11.Décret du .
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- 13.« Boulevard de Courcelles » , Promenade anecdotique au faubourg du Roule, , sur Apohtegme.com. Il est possible que le buste actuellement visible ne soit pas l'original.
- 14.L'hommage à Henry Becque. Gallica. Le Radical. 2. 1924-05-22.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 10
- Henry Becque, Théâtre complet (2 vol.), Charpentier-Fasquelle, Paris, 1890
- Henry Becque, Œuvres complètes (7 vol.), Crès, Paris, 1924-1926
- :Texte en ligne : 1. Théâtre, 2. Théâtre, 3. Théâtre, 4. Théâtre, 5. Querelles littéraires, 6. Souvenirs d'un auteur dramatique. Études d'art dramatique, 7. Conférences, notes d'album, poésies, correspondance.
- Fritz Du Bois, Henry Becque, l'homme, le critique, l'auteur dramatique, A. Dupret, Paris, 1888
- Ambroise Got, Henry Becque, sa vie et son œuvre, Crès, Paris, 1920
- Edmond Sée, Henry Becque, ou Servitude et grandeur dramatiques, V. Rasmussen, Paris, 1926
- Léon Treich, L'Esprit d'Henri Becque, propos, anecdotes et variétés, coll. d'Anas, Gallimard, Paris, 1927
- Aleksandar Arnautović, Henry Becque, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, , 1927
- Aleksandar Arnautović, Henry Becque poète, Editions de l'Auteur, Paris, 1929
- Maurice Descotes, Henry Becque et son théâtre, Minard, Lettres modernes, Paris, 1962
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