Oscar Méténier

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Oscar Méténier

Oscar Méténier (* 1859 in Sancoins , Cher , France ; † 1913) was a French writer and theater director.

Méténier, son of a police officer, initially worked as a secretary in a police station. He used the experiences there as material for his first pieces. Naturalistic plays and novels were created in the tradition of Émile Zola . In addition to André Antoine , he was a co-founder of the Théâtre Libre and its main author. Because of the content and characters of his plays, he was often censored . In 1896, for example, the performance of Mademoiselle Fifi (based on the book by Guy de Maupassant ) was banned by the police because a prostitute was performing. In 1897 Oscar Méténier founded his own theater, the Grand-Guignol . There naturalistic works were performed that stimulated the "unleashed theater" of the modern age as well as the splatter and horror films of the USA.

In 1898 Méténier ceded his shares in the Grand Guignol to Max Maurey.

Works

Plays

  • En famille , Théâtre Libre, May 30, 1887
  • La Casserole , Théâtre Libre, May 31, 1889
  • Les Frères Zemganno , after Edmond and Jules de Goncourt , Théâtre Libre, February 25, 1890
  • Monsieur Betsy , Théâtre des Variétés , March 3, 1890
  • La Confrontation , Théâtre de la Scala, December 21, 1891
  • La bonne à tout faire , Théâtre des Variétés, February 20, 1892
  • Rabelais , Nouveau Théâtre , October 25, 1892
  • Charles Demailly , after Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell , December 19, 1892
  • Très Russe , Théâtre-d'application (La Bodinière), May 3, 1893
  • Mademoiselle Fifi , after Guy de Maupassant, Théâtre Libre , February 10, 1896
  • La Brême, mœurs populaires , Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, February 13, 1897
  • Le Loupiot, tableau de mœurs populaires , Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, April 13, 1897
  • Lui! , Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, November 11, 1897
  • La Revanche de Dupont l'Anguille , Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, 1898
  • Son poteau , Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, April 10, 1901
  • Boule de suif , after Guy de Maupassant, Théâtre Antoine, 6 May 1902
  • Casque d'Or , Théâtre Robinière, March 16, 1902
  • Notre-Dame de la Butte, mœurs montmartroises , 1907
  • Madame ma sœur , 1910
  • La Moukère , 1910
  • Royal-cambouis , Théâtre de la Scala, 1910

Novels, short stories, essays

  • La Chair (1885)
  • La Grace (1886)
  • Madame Berwick (1888)
  • Outre-Rhin (1888)
  • Mynha-Maria (1889)
  • Autour de la caserne , short stories (1890)
  • Madame la Boule (1890)
  • Le mari de Berthe (1890)
  • Le Gorille , roman parisien (1891) Text for Project Gutenberg
  • La Lutte pour l'amour, études d'argot (1891)
  • Les Voyous au théâtre (1891)
  • Zézette, mœurs foraines , roman (1891) Text for Project Gutenberg
  • Les Cabots (1892)
  • Le Policier
  • Barbe-Bleue (1893)
  • Le Beau monde (1893)
  • Le Chansonnier populaire Aristide Bruant (1893)
  • La Nymphomane, mœurs parisiennes (1893)
  • Demi-castors (mœurs parisiennes) (1894)
  • La Grace. Decadence. Nostalgia (1894)
  • La Vie de Campagne. Marcelle (1894)
  • Le 40 e d'artillerie. Les bêtes. Les hommes. La croix , nouvelles (1895)
  • L'Amour vaincu. Bohème galante, bohème bourgeoise , nouvelles (1896)
  • L'amour qui tue (1898)
  • Reines de cœur, mœurs d'Outre-Rhin (1900-1910)
  • Les Berlinois chez eux, vertus et vices allemands (1904)
  • Une gamine vicieuse (1905)
  • Le jeune télégraphiste (1905)
  • Tartufes et satyres (1905)
  • Les Amoureux de Mira (1907)
  • Nina Sartorelle: mœurs parisiennes (1907)
  • Les Baronnes de Roche-Noire (1908)
  • Reine de coeur (1908)
  • Notre-Dame de la Butte (1908)
  • La dernière aventure du Prince Curaçao (1910)
  • Les méprises du coeur (1910)
  • Soldes de contes (1911)
  • Le grand chéri (1911)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jeanlorrain.net
  2. ^ A b Adam Rockoff: Going to pieces: the rise and fall of the slasher film 1978-1986 , McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, ISBN 0-7864-1227-5 , p. 24 online
  3. ↑ Agnes Peirron: House of Horrors on the tribute page of the Grand Guignol
personal data
SURNAME Méténier, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Sancoins , Cher department , France
DATE OF DEATH 1913