Étienne Rey (1 March 1879 – 16 February 1965) was a French writer, dramatist and literary critic and one of the first best-seller writers of the Grasset publisher. His

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''La belle aventure'', co-written with

Robert de Flers Robert Pellevé de La Motte-Ango, marquis de Flers (25 November 1872, Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados – 30 July 1927, Vittel) was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist.Pierre Barillet, ''Les Seigneurs du rire: Flers – Caillavet – ...

and

Gaston Arman de Caillavet Gaston Arman de Caillavet (13 March 1869 – 13 January 1915) was a French playwright. Early life Gaston Arman de Caillavet was born on 13 March 1869. He was the son of Albert Arman de Caillavet and Léontine Lippmann. His maternal grandfa ...

was premiered in 1913 at the

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

, and played again numerous times. It has been adapted to the screen in 1917, 1932 and 1942 under the title ''The Beautiful Adventure''.

Works

* 1911: ''Sous la Lumière rouge'', drama in 3 acts * 1912: ''La renaissance de l'orgueil français'', Ed. Grasset * 1913: ''La belle aventure'': comedy in three acts (with

and

), performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1927 and 1949 * 1924: ''Ce que femme veut'': comedy in three acts * 1925: ''Éloge du mensonge'', Ed. Hachette * 1926: ''Le Livre de Stendhal sur l'amour'' * 1929: ''La Vie amoureuse de Berlioz'', Ed. Flammarion

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20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French literary critics 1879 births 1965 deaths {{France-writer-stub