Eugène Labiche

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Eugène Marin Labiche.

Eugène Marin Labiche (born May 6, 1815 near Paris , † January 22, 1888 in Paris) was an important French comedy poet .

Life

Labiche was the son of a wealthy industrialist and attended the Collège royal de Bourbon . He then traveled to Italy , from where he wrote chats in a few Parisian papers, which he later published under the title: La clef des champs , and produced his first piece La cuvette d'eau in 1837 and the Posse Monsieur de Coislin with a large amount in 1838 Success to performance.

With effect from November 1880 Labiche was accepted as the successor to Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy in the Académie française ( Fauteuil 15 ).

For four decades he wrote for the Parisian theaters, mainly the genre theaters, a rich treasure trove of comedies , antics , vaudevilles and more, some of which have remained exemplary for the genre. In them, a humanistic , humane and yet never hurtful sense of humor, rare quick-wittedness of dialogue and safe stage technology almost always go hand in hand.

Works (selection)

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With Maria Happel , Nicholas Ofczarek and Michael Maertens . Director: Barbara Frey
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  • La Cuvette d'eau , 1837
  • Le Capitaine d'Arcourt ou la Fée du château , 1838
  • La Clé des champs , 1839
  • La Forge des châtaigniers , 1839
  • La Peine du talion , 1839
  • L'Article 960 ou la Donation , 1839
  • Le Fin Mot , 1840
  • Bocquet père et fils ou le Chemin le plus long , 1840
  • Le Lierre et l'Ormeau , 1840
  • together with Auguste Lefranc and Anne-Honoré Joseph Duveyrier : Les circonstances atténuantes , 1842 ( Ger . Der Herzensdieb. Comedy in one act , Berlin 1847)
  • together with Auguste Lefranc: Mademoiselle Ma Femme , 1846 (German Miss Frau. Comedy in one act , Berlin 1848)
  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie , 1851 (Ger. A Florentine hat. Posse , Berlin approx. 1967)
  • together with Marc-Michel : Un monsieur qui prend la mouche , 1852 (Ger. An irritable gentleman. Schwank in 1 act , Leipzig 1887)
  • Edgard et sa bonne , 1852 (German Edgar's chambermaid. Schwank in 1 Act , Vienna 1885)
  • Le misanthrope et l'Auvergnat , 1853
  • together with Marc-Michel : La Chasse aux corbeaux , 1853 (German How to catch ravens! Posse with singing in 3 acts , Berlin 1855)
  • L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine , 1857 (German: The affair of the Rue de Lourcine. Comedy in one act , Munich approx. 1967; also The affair of Rue de Lourcine , Berlin 1988)
  • Les petites Mains , 1859 (German Little Hands. Comedy in 3 Acts , Leipzig 1883)
  • together with Édouard Martin : Le voyage de M. Perrichon. The journey of Mr. Perrichon. 1860 (German: The lifesavers or The thanks a burden. Comedy in 4 elevators , Leipzig 1873)
  • together with Marc-Michel: J'invite le colonel! , 1860 (German. I will invite the major. Comedy in 1 act , Leipzig 1880)
  • La poudre aux yeux , 1861 (German sand in the eyes! Comedy in 2 acts , Leipzig 1878)
  • Célimare le bien-aimé , 1863
  • Permettez, madame! , 1863 (German, please, madam!, Berlin around 1870)
  • La Cagnotte , 1864 (German adaptation by Botho Strauss (1973))
  • Le point de mire , 1864 ( Ger. The grain point. Schwank in 4 elevators , Leipzig 1886)
  • together with Édouard Martin: Moi , 1864 (German I! Comedy in 3 Acts , Vienna approx. 1865; later also under the title Die Egoisten )
  • together with Alfred Delacour and with music by Franz Bazin : Le voyage en Chine , 1865 (Eng. The trip to China. Comical opera in three acts , Berlin 1867)
  • Un pied dans le crime , 1866
  • together with Édouard Martin: La Main leste , 1867 (German. A quick hand. Swank in 1 act , Berlin 1867)
  • Le Dossier de Rosafol , 1869
  • Le Choix d'un gendre , 1869
  • together with Gondinet: Le plus heureux des trois , 1870
  • Le Cachemire XBT , 1870
  • Le Livre bleu , 1871 (German: The Blue Book. Comedy in 1 act , Berlin 1871)
  • L'Ennemie , 1871
  • Il est de la police , 1872
  • La Mémoire d'Hortense , 1872
  • Doit-on le dire? , 1872
  • Madame est trop belle , 1874 (German. The woman is too beautiful. Comedy in 3 acts , Vienna 1875)
  • together with Jacob Edvard Gille : Les trente millions de Gladiator , 1875
  • together with Émile Augier : Le prix Martin , 1876
  • together with Duru: La Clé , 1877

A collection of his pieces was published in 1879 under the title Théâtre de Labiche (1879, 10 volumes), with a foreword by Émile Augier, and had an unprecedented success in bookselling.

reception

His comedy Moi from 1864 was re-staged at the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen under the title Ich Ich Ich for the 2015 focus on France.

Film adaptations

Web links

Commons : Eugène Labiche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Eugène Labiche  - Sources and full texts (French)

supporting documents

  1. ↑ "Ich Ich Ich" at the Ruhr Festival: Salon comedy of the egomaniacs , review by Stefan Keim on Deutschlandradio Kultur on May 3, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Labiche, Eugène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Labiche, Eugène Marin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French comedy poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH near Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1888
Place of death Paris