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Léocadia
''Léocadia'' (''Time Remembered'') is a play by Jean Anouilh that premiered at the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris on 2 December 1940. It is one of Anouilh's ''Pièces roses'', together with '' Humulus le muet'' (1932), '' Le Bal des voleurs'' (1938), and ' (1941). For the occasion, Francis Poulenc composed one of his most celebrated songs, " Les Chemins de l'amour", sung by Yvonne Printemps. Plot ''Léocadia'' tells the story of a young prince madly in love with a Romanian opera singer, Léocadia Gardi. The young man only knew her for three days: like Isadora Duncan, she died strangled by her shawl. Inconsolable, he lives in his memory of the young woman. His aunt—the Duchesse d'Andinet d'Andaine—reconstructs the setting and places of those three days like a theater director. Actors play the parts of the butler and servants during those days of happiness. Amanda, a poor milliner and look-alike of the singer, is called upon to seduce the prince, in the hope that life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise. Life and career Early life Anouilh was born in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux, and had Basque ancestry. His father, François Anouilh, was a tailor, and Anouilh maintained that he inherited from him a pride in conscientious craftmanship. He may owe his artistic bent to his mother, Marie-Magdeleine, a violinist who supplemented the family's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Chemins De L'amour
''Les Chemins de l’Amour (The Ways of Love)'' is a 1940 ''valse chantée'', or sung waltz, by Francis Poulenc to lyrics by Jean Anouilh. It was written for soprano voice as part of Poulenc's incidental music for Anouilh's new play ''Léocadia'' and exists with two accompaniments: piano only (catalogue FP 106-Ia) and chamber ensemble (cat. FP 106-Ib). The rest of the incidental music is lost. Genesis Composed in October 1940, the song is dedicated to the comedian and singer Yvonne Printemps, who sang it at the premiere of the play ''Léocadia'' on 1 December 1940. The song was somewhat successful, and Printemps recorded it. Max Eschig published the score in 1945.https://www.alle-noten.de/Gesang/Les-Chemins-de-l-Amour.html Discography * Yvonne Printemps and Marcel Cariven (conducting). * and Georges Delerue (conducting). Grand Prix du disque. * Felicity Lott (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano) - Hyperion. * Jessye Norman (soprano) and Dalton Baldwin (piano) - Philips. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable performance of Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic Kenneth Tynan. A heavy drinker, Burton's perceived failure to live up to those expectations disappointed some critics and colleagues and added to his image as a great performer who had wasted his talent. Nevertheless, he is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation. Burton was nominated for an Academy Award seven times, but never won an Oscar. He was a recipient of BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Tony Awards for Best Actor. In the mid-1960s, Burton ascended into the ranks of the top box office stars. By the late 1960s, Burton was one of the highest-paid actors in the world, receiving fees of $1 million or more plus a share of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De La Michodière
The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre. History On the site of the Hotel de Lorge, sold in lots, the rue de la Michodiere opened in 1778. Around the place where the Gaillon gate stood at the enclosure of Louis XIII, in 1925, the architect built a theatre in the Art Deco style. Decorated by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, the red and gold auditorium could accommodate 800 spectators, but in the 21st century, it has only 700 seats left. Unlike the West End, where the activities of "bricks and mortar" and producers tend to be separate, Parisian commercial theatres are producing houses. Management decides on the artistic policy, and shows are financed by the theatre, albeit sometimes in co-production with a touring management that hopes to profit from a Parisian success to take a show out on tour. Inaugur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercédès Brare
Mercédès Brare (born Mercédès Emma Josèphe Brare; December 20, 1880 – January 24, 1967) was a French actress active in film roles from the 1930s to the 1950s. Filmography * 1931: ''Faubourg Montmartre'' by Raymond Bernard * 1932: ''His Best Client'' by Pierre Colombier * 1933: '' Toto'' by Jacques Tourneur - ''Une concurrente de Miss Occasion'' * 1942: '' Le Grand Combat'' by Bernard Roland * 1943: ''The Phantom Baron'' by Serge de Poligny * 1944: '' Le Voyageur sans bagage'' by Jean Anouilh * 1945: '' Alone in the Night'' by Christian Stengel * 1946: '' Lunegarde'' by Marc Allégret * 1946: ' by Pierre Billon * 1946: ''Martin Roumagnac'' by Georges Lacombe * 1951: ' by Raymond Leboursier Theatre * 1940: ''Léocadia'' by Jean Anouilh, Théâtre de la Michodière Publications * ''Poèmes en prose'', La Haye-Pesnel, Manche, imprimerie Garlan, 1947 * ''La concierge est dans sa loge'', sketch with one character, La Haye-Pesnel, Manche, imprimerie Garlan, 1947 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Strasberg
Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Imagined to be the next Hepburn-type ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing the title role in ''The Diary of Anne Frank''. She appeared on the covers of LIFE and Newsweek in 1955. A close friend of Marilyn Monroe and Richard Burton, she wrote two best-selling tell-all books. Her later career primarily consisted of slasher and horror films, followed by TV roles, by the 1980s. Biography Early life Strasberg was born in New York City to theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio and former actress Paula Strasberg. Her brother, John, is an acting coach. Her father was born in what is now Ukraine, and her mother in New York City. They were both from Jewish families who emigrated from Europe. Strasberg attended the Professional Children's School, and then spent time at both The High School of Music & Art and the High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Hatcher
Jeffrey Hatcher is an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the stage play ''Compleat Female Stage Beauty'', which he later adapted into a screenplay, shortened to just ''Stage Beauty'' (2004). He also co-wrote the stage adaptation of '' Tuesdays with Morrie'' with author Mitch Albom, and '' Three Viewings'', a comedy consisting of three monologues - each of which takes place in a funeral home. He wrote the screenplay '' Casanova'' for director Lasse Hallström, as well as the screenplay for '' The Duchess'' (2008)."Psychological Thriller" ''The Union City Reporter''; April 11, 2010; Page 13. He has also written for the Peter Falk TV series '' Columbo'' and E! Entertainment Television. Career His many award-winning original plays have been performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally across the US and abroad. Some of his plays include ''Three Viewings'', ''Scotland Road'', ''A Picasso'', ''Neddy'', ''Korczak's Children'', ''Mercy of a Storm'', ''Work Song: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Moyes
Patricia Pakenham-Walsh, also known as Patricia Moyes (19 January 1923 – 2 August 2000) was a British mystery writer. Her mystery novels feature C.I.D. Inspector Henry Tibbett. One of them, ''Who Saw Her Die'' (''Many Deadly Returns'' in the USA) was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1971. She wrote several juveniles and short stories. Life and work "Penny" Moyes was born in Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ..., Ireland, on 19 January 1923, the daughter of Marion ("Molly") Strachan and Ernest Pakenham-Walsh, who had been in the Indian Civil Service (British India), Indian civil service and was a High Court judge in Madras. She was educated at Overstone Girls' School in Northampton and joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, WAAF in 1939. In 1946 Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Haudepin
Sabine Haudepin (born 19 October 1955) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1962. She was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis Montreuil (), sometimes unofficially referred to as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris in Seine-Saint-Denis. With a population o ..., France. Filmography References External links * * 1955 births Living people French film actresses People from Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Khorsand
Philippe Khorsand (February 17, 1948 – January 29, 2008) was a French actor. His father was Iranian and his mother was French. He first appeared in a number of small roles in the 1970s. One of his most memorable roles as husband and father in ''Tableau d'honneur'' (1992). Khorsand died of a hemorrhage at the age of 59 in Paris. Partial filmography * ''Laisse aller... c'est une valse'' (1971) - Homme de Varèse * '' Hippopotamours'' (1976) - Un danseur guinguette (uncredited) * ''Lâche-moi les valseuses!...'' (1977) - Philippe * ''Le mors aux dents'' (1979) - Flipper * ''Rien ne va plus'' (1979) - Le conducteur au péage / Jacky / M. Alexandre * ''Inspector Blunder'' (1980) - Le satyre Alphonse Rouchard * ''T'empêches tout le monde de dormir'' (1982) - Michel * ''Édith et Marcel'' (1983) - Jo Longman * ''Zig Zag Story'' (1983) - Police inspector * ''Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre!'' (1983) - Raphaël * '' Les Compères'' (1983) - Milan * '' P'tit Con'' (1984) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson (born 3 August 1958) is a French actor, singer and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'' and ''The Matrix Resurrections''. Biography Early life Wilson is the son of Georges Wilson, who was an actor, theatrical manager and director of the Théâtre National Populaire. As a teenager, he had little interest in the French theatre and aimed to become an "American actor" and appear in Hollywood pictures. He studied acting at the Drama Centre London to learn English. He played his first movie role in the 1977 American film ''Julia'', directed by Fred Zinneman. Five years later, he played his first starring role in another film by Zinneman, ''Five Days One Summer'', opposite Sean Connery. But the film was not a commercial success, and neither was ''Sahara'' in which Wilson co-starred with Brooke Shields. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
