Lucien Laurent Bonheur (25 June 1864 – 14 August 1918) was a French-American Progressive and theatrical promoter.[1] He was President of the French Drama Society.[2]
Born in Paris, Bonheur immigrated to the United States in 1886. He became a naturalized citizen in 1891.[3] He died in Great Neck, Long Island, New York in 1918, aged 54.[4]
Archive
editHis papers are archived at Ohio State University.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Lucien Bonheur Alleges the Candidate Told Him He Supported Roosevelt in 1912. District Attorney Denies Charge and Says Colonel Never Promised to Back Him for Mayor". New York Times. September 20, 1914. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
Lucien Bonheur, a prominent Progressive who a year ago was the active head of a movement to get the Progressive indorsement for District Attorney Whitman in his Mayoralty boom, came out with a statement yesterday in which he declared that Mr. Whitman at that time had told both him and Col. Roosevelt that he had voted for the Colonel for President in 1912.
- ^ "Lucien Bonheur Gets Word from His Performers". New York Times. October 11, 1914. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
Lucien L. Bonheur, President of the French Drama Society, announces that he has received letters from all the artists that he had engaged while he was in Paris saying that they will be here on time for the opening on Nov. 16. The first play to be given is "Une Femme Passa" by Romain Coolus.
- ^ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925 for Lucien L Bonheur
- ^ "Theatrical Magnate Dead". The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer. August 14, 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Lucien Laurent Bonheur". Ohio State University. Retrieved 2009-11-26.