Victor de Cottens (21 August 1862 – 26 February 1956) was a French dramatist, librettist, stage director, and theatre critic. De Cottens was born in Paris. For the

Folies Bergère The Folies Bergère () is a cabaret music hall, located in Paris, France. Located at 32 Rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trév ...

, he directed every edition of the ''Revue des Folies-Bergère'' produced by Émile and Vincent Isola; each of these

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own dur ...

s offered various acts linked by two commentators, the ''commère'' and ''compère''. Between 1908 and 1911, he and H. B. Marinelli ran the Olympia music hall in Paris. He and E. Danancier collaborated as interim directors of 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 ...

in Paris when that theatre, closed at the beginning of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, reopened on 2 April 1915. He died in Paris in 1956.

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1862 births 1956 deaths Writers from Paris 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French theatre directors {{theat-bio-stub