Léon Gandillot
Léon Gandillot (born January 25, 1862 in Paris , † September 22, 1912 , ibid) was a French playwright, author and librettist .
biography
Gandillot comes from a simple background with no relation to literature or theater. After attending the Collège Sainte-Barbe , he studied, like his brother, at the École Centrale and became an engineer. But he felt called to something else and wrote his first piece. This was then premiered in 1886 in the Théâtre Déjazet . This first piece was a comic opera called les femmes collantes and was a great success. A year later he published a novel. A few more pieces followed within a few years, which were premiered at the Théâtre du Déjazet. But his pieces were also an integral part of the program in other theaters in Paris, such as the Théâtre du Gymnase or the Théâtre du Palais-Royal .
Gandillot was a regular at Le Chat Noir and also wrote for the magazine des Chat noir.
In 1912 Gandillot stayed in Neuilly . There he became ill and his condition deteriorated within a few weeks. Two of his closest friends stood by him and shielded him from the outside world in order not to make his illness public. During these days, the daily press kept asking where Gandillot was and when his next piece would appear. Death then came very suddenly as a result of a uremic crisis .
Gandillot had left a short will, according to which all his writing rights should be transferred to his sister. The service then took place in Neuilly and he was then transferred to the Père Lachaise and buried.
After his death, however, some of his pieces should not be forgotten. A short film of one of his plays was made as early as 1912. His great success and his debut die femmes collantes were even filmed twice, in 1920 and 1938. For the 1935 film appeared Ferdinand le noceur was Fernandel committed.
plant
- Les femmes collantes , comic opera in five acts; 1886
- Les filles de Jean de Nivelle , novel, 1887
- Le fumeron , comedy in one act, 1887
- Vers amoureux , collection of poems, 1887
- Contes à la lune , novella; 1888
- Entre conjoints! , Novella; 1888
- Un rendez-vous , comedy in one act, 1888
- Tes his , poems, 1888
- La mariée récalcitrante , comic opera in five acts, 1889
- La course aux jupons , comedy in three acts, 1890
- La Diva en tournée , comedy in one act 1890
- L'Enlèvement de Sabine , comic opera in three acts, 1890
- Le Gros lot , comedy in one act, 1890
- Bonheur à quatre , comedy in three acts 1891
- Le Pardon , Comedy in Three Acts, 1892
- La Tournée Ernestin , Comedy in Four Acts, 1892
- Le Sous-Préfet de Château-Buzard , Comedy in three acts, 1893
- Le Supplice d'un Auvergnat , comedy in one act, 1893
- Les Dames du Plessis-Rouge , play in five acts, 1894
- Une femme facile , comedy in one act, 1894
- Associés! , Comedy in one act 1895
- La Cage aux lions , comic opera in three acts, 1895
- Ferdinand le noceur , Comedy in three acts, 1896
- La Tortue , Comedy in Three Acts, 1896
- La Villa Gaby , Comedy in Three Acts, 1896
- Madame Jalouette , Comedy in Three Acts, 1897
- L'Amorceur , Comedy in Four Acts, 1898
- Zigomar , piece in three acts, 1900
- Radinol a du coton! , Comic opera in three acts, 1901
- Le Devoir conjugal , comedy in three acts, 1903
- Vers l'amour , piece in five acts, 1905
- Euterpé ambigua , texts, 1909
- L'Ex , Comedy in Four Acts, 1909
- Les Pigeonnettes , comic opera in three acts, 1910
- S auvé des eaux , and Je sais tout , comedies in one act, 1911
Web links
- Information on Léon Gandillot in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Léon Gandillot in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Léon Gandillot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Léon Gandillot in the WorldCat bibliographic database
literature
- Figaro: journal non politique , issue of September 23, 1912, p. 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Revue des vivants: organe de la génération de la guerre , edition 7 in the 3rd year, p. 187, digitized , accessed on April 11, 2018
- ↑ Les gaîtés du Chat-Noir , pp. 70 to 72, digitized version , accessed on April 11, 2018
- ↑ Figaro: journal non politique , edition of September 23, 1912, p. 2, digitized version , accessed on April 11, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gandillot, Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1912 |
| Place of death | Paris |