Marie-Jules-Émile Moreau (8 December 1852 – 27 December 1922),[1] better known as Émile Moreau, was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
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| Born | Marie-Jules-Émile Moreau 8 December 1852 |
| Died | 27 December 1922 (aged 70) Brienon-sur-Armançon |
| Occupation(s) | playwright, librettist |
Biography
editAged 17 he volunteered for the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and participated to the Côte-d'Or and Armée de l'Est campaigns with general Bourbaki.[2]
In 1887 he was awarded a poetry prize by the Académie française for Pallas Athénée.[3]
The composer Paul Vidal won the first prix de Rome in 1883 with his cantata Le Gladiateur on a libretto by Moreau, and Auguste Chapuis the prix Rossini in 1886 with Les Jardins d'Armide.
He has sometimes been confused with Émile Moreau,[4] the French businessman who was one of the co-founders of the Indian bookstore chain A. H. Wheeler & Co.
Theatre
edit- 1877: Parthénice, à-propos in 1 act and in verse, Comédie-Française
- 1883: Corneille et Richelieu, à-propos in 1 act and in verse, Comédie-Française
- 1885: Matapan, comedy in 3 acts and in verse
- 1887: Protestation, à-propos in verse, Comédie-Française
- 1890: Le Drapeau, drama in 5 acts with Ernest Depré, Théâtre du Vaudeville
- 1890: Cléopâtre with Victorien Sardou,[5] music by Xavier Leroux, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
- 1891: L'Auberge des mariniers, drama in 5 acts, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
- 1893: Madame Sans-Gêne, comedy in 3 acts and a prologue with Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville
- 1895: Le Capitaine Floréal, drama in 5 acts with Ernest Depré, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
- 1897: La Montagne enchantée, pièce fantastique in 5 acts and 12 tableaux with Albert Carré, music by André Messager and Xavier Leroux, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
- 1899: Madame de Lavalette, drama, Théâtre du Vaudeville
- 1901: Quo vadis ?, historical drama in 5 acts and 10 tableaux with Louis Péricaud after the eponymous novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, music by Francis Thomé, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
- 1909: Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc, historical drama in 4 acts, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
- 1909: Madame Margot with Charles Clairville, Théâtre Réjane
- 1912: La Reine Élisabeth, play in 4 acts, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
- 1920: Le Courrier de Lyon, drama in 5 acts and 6 tableaux with Paul Siraudin and Alfred Delacour, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
Bibliography
edit- Manfred Le Gant de Conradin, Didot, 1886
- Le Secret de Saint Louis, Delagrave
References
edit- ^ Notice d'autorité de la BNF
- ^ Programme of Quo vadis ?, 1901.
- ^ Supplement of Le Figaro, 28 November 1887 at Gallica.
- ^ Anu Kumar, The mysterious European businessman who gave India its iconic railway book stalls, Quartz India. Retrieved on 9 March 2017.
- ^ "The latest Cleopatra" (PDF). New York Times. 24 October 1890. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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