Henry Becque

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Henry Becque , actually Henri-François Becque (born April 28, 1837 in Paris , † April 12, 1899 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French playwright.

Life

It was only after a few years in other professions - employee of the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord , office manager of a broker and also in the office of the Legion of Honor - that Becque came to the theater.

In 1867 he made his debut with his opera Sardanapale . Together with the composer Victorin de Joncières , he congenially arranged the work of the same name by Lord Byron . He achieved his artistic and economic breakthrough in 1870 with his play Michel Pauper ; In 1886 he was able to successfully bring this piece to the stage again in a revision.

In addition to his plays, which always found an enthusiastic audience, Becque was also able to make a name for himself with his theater reviews over time. He also wrote columns and features for various newspapers and magazines ( Le Matin , Le Peuple , Revue Illustrée ) .

Henry Becque died two weeks before his 62nd birthday in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

  • In 1899, the year he died, a street was named in his honor in Paris ( 18th arrondissement ).
  • In 1886 the sculptor Auguste Rodin created a sculpture by Henri Becque, which was erected in November 1908 in a ceremony by the city of Paris on Place Prosper-Goubaux.
  • Knight of the Legion of Honor (December 28, 1886)

Works (selection)

memoirs
  • Souvenirs d'un auteur dramatique . Paris 1895.
Poetry
  • Sonnets mélancholiques . Paris 1887.
  • Le Frisson. Fantaisie rimée . Paris 1884.
Plays
  • Sardanapale (music by Victorin de Joncières ).
  • L'enfant prodigue .
  • Michel Pauper .
  • La Navette .
  • Les Corbeaux .
  • La Parisienne .
Non-fiction
Work edition
  • Theater complet . Charpentier, Paris 1937 (4 vols.).
  • Œuvres complètes . Paris 1924/1926 (7 vols.):

literature

  • Aleksandr Arnautovič: Henry Becque . PUF, Paris 1927
  1. Sa biography. Son observation. Sa philosophy .
  2. La forms. L'orginalité .
  3. Devant ses contemporains et devant la posterité .
  • Anneliese Behrens: Henry Becque as a critic . Triltsch, Würzburg 1935 (also dissertation, University of Munich 1935).
  • Fritz du Bois: Henry Becque. L'homme, le critique, l'auteur dramatique . Dupret, Paris 1888.
  • Jacques Copeau : Henry Becque . In: Ders .: Études d'Art dramatique. Critique d'un autre temps . 3rd edition La Nouvelle Revue Française, Paris 1923.
  • Eric Dawson: Henry Becque. Sa vie et son théâtre . Payot, Paris 1923.
  • Maurice Descotes : Henry Becque et son théâtre . Minard, Paris 1962.
  • Robert de Flers : Deux hommages. Ronsard . Henry Becque . Paillard, Abbeville 1924.
  • Ambroise Got: Henry Becque. Sa vie et son œuvre . Crès, Paris 1920 (also dissertation, University of Zurich 1919).
  • Lois B. Hyslop: Henry Becque (Twayne's world author's series: Vol. 180). Twayne Publ., New York 1972.
  • Pierrette L. Mathivet: Les femmes dans l'œuvre dramatique de Henry Becque. Comparaisons with quelques heroines de Henrik Ibsen . Dissertation, University of Dijon 1971.
  • Günter Möller: Henry Becque and Eugène Brieux . The naturalistic and theses drama; an investigation into their nature and their relationship to one another . Nischkowsky, Breslau 1937 (also dissertation, University of Breslau 1937).
  • Ida Schilling: Types of Women in the Dramas of Henry Becque . Bechstein, Wertheim 1934 (also dissertation, University of Würzburg 1934).
  • Léon Treich: L'ésprit d'Henri Becque. Propos, anecdotes et variétés . Gallimard, Paris 1928.
  • Gustave Vapereau : Dictionnaire universel des contemporains contenat toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers . 6th edition Hachette, Paris 1895.
  • Paul Thédore-Vibert: Silhouettes contemporaines. Les hommes de mon temps . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1900.

Web links

Commons : Henry Becque  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Named after the French writer Prosper Goubaux (1795–1859).
  2. ↑ First performance Théâtre-Lyrique , Paris, February 8, 1867.
  3. ^ First performance at Théâtre du Vaudeville , Paris, November 6, 1868.
  4. ↑ First performance at Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin , Paris, June 17, 1870.
  5. ↑ First performance at Théâtre du Gymnase , Paris, November 15, 1878.
  6. ^ First performance Comédie-Française , Paris, September 14, 1882.
  7. ^ First performance Théâtre de la Renaissance , Paris, February 7, 1885.
personal data
SURNAME Becque, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French playwright
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1899
Place of death Paris