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Émile Bergerat (29 April 1845 – 13 October 1923) was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the
Family tree of Théo Bergerat
/ref> Théophile wrote in a letter to
Novels
on the Bibliothèque électronique de Lisieux.
Works by Émile Bergerat at the French Wikisource
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergerat, Emile 1845 births 1923 deaths 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French poets 20th-century French poets
Émile Bergerat (29 April 1845 – 13 October 1923) was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
l'Homme masqué (the masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from '' The Tempest'' by William Shakespeare). A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...
opposite his flat bears his name.
Life
Bergerat was born in Paris. An essayist for ''Voltaire'' and '' Figaro'', head of the ''La Vie moderne'' review under the editorship of Georges Charpentier and a member of theAcadémie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt Literary Society), usually called the Académie Goncourt (Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris. It was founded in 1900 by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Go ...
, he was the son in law of Théophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ...
and the brother in law of Théophile Gautier (fils). Émile Bergerat married Estelle Gautier, daughter of Théophile Gautier, and they had one son, Théo Bergerat
Théo Bergerat (January 29, 1876 – August 25, 1934) was a French film director of the silent era.Rège p.85
Selected filmography
* ''Ramparts of Brabant'' (1921)
* ''Belgian Revenge'' (1922)
* ''Mimi Pinson (1924 film), Mimi Pinson'' (1924)
Re ...
, director and radio essayist./ref> Théophile wrote in a letter to
Carlotta Grisi
Carlotta Grisi (born Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi; 28 June 1819 – 20 May 1899) was an Italian ballet dancer. Born in Visinada, Istria (present-day Vižinada, Croatia). Although her parents were not involved in the theatre, she was broug ...
that Émile was
Bergerat died in Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...
, aged 78.
Works
*''Les cuirassiers de Reichshoffen'' (Lemerre, 1871) *''A. Chateaudun'' (Lemerre, 1871) *''Poèmes de la guerre 1870-1871'' (1871) *''Les Provinciales'' (1871) *''Peintures décoratives de Paul Baudry au grand foyer de l'Opéra'', critical study, preface by Théophile Gautier (1875) *''Théophile Gautier, peintre : étude, suivie du Catalogue de son œuvre peint, dessiné et gravé'' (1877) *''Théophile Gautier. Entretiens, souvenirs et correspondance'' (Charpentier, 1879) *''Enguerrande'', dramatic poem (1884) *''Bébé et Cie'' (1884) *''Le Viol'' (Ollendorff, 1885) *''Vie et aventures du sieur Caliban. 1884-85'' (1886) *''Le Livre de Caliban'' (Lemerre, 1887) *''Le Petit Moreau'', novel (1887) *''Figarismes de Caliban'' (Lemerre, 1888) *''L'Amour en République, étude sociologique, 1870-1889'' (1889) *''Le Cruel Vaten-guerre, mémoires d'un grand homme, recueillis, orthographiés et mis en un beau désordre par Caliban. Çi est le premier livre, intitulé la Bataille du Gravase'' (1889) *''Le Rire de Caliban'' (Charpentier, 1890) *''La Chasse au mouflon, ou Petit Voyage philosophique en Corse'' (Delagrave, 1891) *''L'Espagnole'' (Conquet, 1891) *''Les Chroniques de l'homme masqué'' (1892) *''Les Soirées de Calibangrève'' (1892) *''Le Salon de 1892 : Champs-Élysées'' (1892) *''Le Faublas malgré lui'' (1893) *''Les Drames de l'honneur. Le Chèque'', novel (1893) *''Les Drames de l'honneur. La Vierge'', novel (1894) *''Faublas malgré lui'' (1903) *''Contes de Caliban'' (1909) *''Ballades et sonnets'' (1910) *''Les Amours de Violette'', roman (1910) *''Les Contes facitieux'' (1910) *''Souvenirs d'un enfant de Paris'' (4 volumes, 1911–1913) *''Glanes et javelles, rimes nouvelles, 1910-1914'' (1914) *''Trente-six contes de toutes les couleurs'' (1919)Plays
*''Une Amie'', 1-act verse comedy, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 9 September 1865 *''Père et mari'', 3-act prose drama, Paris,théâtre de Cluny
The théâtre de Cluny or théâtre Cluny was an entertainment venue located at 71 boulevard Saint-Germain in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1864 and closed in 1989.
Productions (selection)
* 1869 : ''Le Juif Polonais'', opera ...
, 21 June 1870
*''Séparés de corps'', 1-act prose comedy, Paris, théâtre du Vaudeville
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Af ...
, 11 March 1874
*''La Nuit bergamasque'', 3-act tragi-comedy, Paris, théâtre-Libre, 30 May 1887
*''Le Premier Baiser'', 1-act play, Paris, Comédie-Française
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, 20 May 1889
*''Le Capitaine Fracasse'', heroic comedy in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, d'après le roman de Théophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ...
, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 10 October 1896
*''La Burgonde'', opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, with Camille de Sainte-Croix, music by Paul Vidal, Paris, Théâtre de l'Opéra
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, 23 December 1898; publié chez Choudens, 1898
*''Plus que Reine'', 5-act drama, with prologue and 7 tableaux, Paris, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 March 1899
*''Théâtre'' (6 volumes, 1899)
*''La Pompadour'', dramatic comedy in 7 tableaux, 1 prologue, 5 acts and 1 epilogue, Paris, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 6 November 1901
*''Le Capitaine Blomet'', 3-act comedy, Paris, théâtre Antoine, 3 December 1901
*''Petite mère'', 4-act comedy, Paris, théâtre du Vaudeville, 29 April 1903
*''La Fontaine de Jouvence'', 2-act verse mythological comedy, Paris, Comédie-Française, 4 July 1906
*''Vidocq, empereur des policiers'', comedy in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, Paris, théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, 15 May 1910
*''L'Héritage d'Œdipe'', verse comedy in 2 acts and 1 prologue, presented to and refused by the Comédie-Française, 5 May 1911
*''La Nuit florentine'', 4-act verse comedy, whose prologue is a free adaptation of ''La Mandragore'' by Machiavelli, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 20 February 1913
References
External links
* *Novels
on the Bibliothèque électronique de Lisieux.
Works by Émile Bergerat at the French Wikisource
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergerat, Emile 1845 births 1923 deaths 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French poets 20th-century French poets