Victorien Sardou Dies, Aged 77.
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MEMBER OF FRENCH ACADEMY
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Universal Regret That He Left No Memoirs.
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PROLIFIC IN PRODUCTION
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First Play Hissed; Second Made Hit, and His Last Is Still Running, With Crowded Houses. Man of Great Character.
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Paris, Nov. 8 - Victorien Sardou, who has been ill for a long time, died today from pulmonary congestion. He was the dean of French dramatists and a member of the French Academy.
The man whose first play was hissed and who then wanted to go to America to seek his fortune died rich and honored, with the proud title of France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist.
Victorien sardou was a man possessed of singular character and was greatly beloved. There is universal regret that he left no memoirs.
Born in Paris.
He was born in Paris, September 5, 1831, the son of Leandre Sardou, and educationalist and the compiler of several publications. At first he studied medicine, but was obliged, in consequence of the embarrassment of his family, to give private lessons in history, philosophy and mathematics. He also made attempts in literature, writing articles for several reviews and for the minor journals.
His first comedy, "La Taverne des Etudients," was produced in 1854 in the odeon, then the second state theater, but it proved a complete failure.
...(the obituary continues in great length)"
Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, November 9, 1908
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Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fédora (1882) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) by Umberto Giordano.
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MEMBER OF FRENCH ACADEMY
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Universal Regret That He Left No Memoirs.
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PROLIFIC IN PRODUCTION
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First Play Hissed; Second Made Hit, and His Last Is Still Running, With Crowded Houses. Man of Great Character.
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Paris, Nov. 8 - Victorien Sardou, who has been ill for a long time, died today from pulmonary congestion. He was the dean of French dramatists and a member of the French Academy.
The man whose first play was hissed and who then wanted to go to America to seek his fortune died rich and honored, with the proud title of France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist.
Victorien sardou was a man possessed of singular character and was greatly beloved. There is universal regret that he left no memoirs.
Born in Paris.
He was born in Paris, September 5, 1831, the son of Leandre Sardou, and educationalist and the compiler of several publications. At first he studied medicine, but was obliged, in consequence of the embarrassment of his family, to give private lessons in history, philosophy and mathematics. He also made attempts in literature, writing articles for several reviews and for the minor journals.
His first comedy, "La Taverne des Etudients," was produced in 1854 in the odeon, then the second state theater, but it proved a complete failure.
...(the obituary continues in great length)"
Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, November 9, 1908
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Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fédora (1882) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) by Umberto Giordano.
Victorien Sardou Dies, Aged 77.
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MEMBER OF FRENCH ACADEMY
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Universal Regret That He Left No Memoirs.
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PROLIFIC IN PRODUCTION
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First Play Hissed; Second Made Hit, and His Last Is Still Running, With Crowded Houses. Man of Great Character.
---------------
Paris, Nov. 8 - Victorien Sardou, who has been ill for a long time, died today from pulmonary congestion. He was the dean of French dramatists and a member of the French Academy.
The man whose first play was hissed and who then wanted to go to America to seek his fortune died rich and honored, with the proud title of France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist.
Victorien sardou was a man possessed of singular character and was greatly beloved. There is universal regret that he left no memoirs.
Born in Paris.
He was born in Paris, September 5, 1831, the son of Leandre Sardou, and educationalist and the compiler of several publications. At first he studied medicine, but was obliged, in consequence of the embarrassment of his family, to give private lessons in history, philosophy and mathematics. He also made attempts in literature, writing articles for several reviews and for the minor journals.
His first comedy, "La Taverne des Etudients," was produced in 1854 in the odeon, then the second state theater, but it proved a complete failure.
...(the obituary continues in great length)"
Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, November 9, 1908
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Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fédora (1882) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) by Umberto Giordano.
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MEMBER OF FRENCH ACADEMY
---------------
Universal Regret That He Left No Memoirs.
----------------
PROLIFIC IN PRODUCTION
----------------
First Play Hissed; Second Made Hit, and His Last Is Still Running, With Crowded Houses. Man of Great Character.
---------------
Paris, Nov. 8 - Victorien Sardou, who has been ill for a long time, died today from pulmonary congestion. He was the dean of French dramatists and a member of the French Academy.
The man whose first play was hissed and who then wanted to go to America to seek his fortune died rich and honored, with the proud title of France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist.
Victorien sardou was a man possessed of singular character and was greatly beloved. There is universal regret that he left no memoirs.
Born in Paris.
He was born in Paris, September 5, 1831, the son of Leandre Sardou, and educationalist and the compiler of several publications. At first he studied medicine, but was obliged, in consequence of the embarrassment of his family, to give private lessons in history, philosophy and mathematics. He also made attempts in literature, writing articles for several reviews and for the minor journals.
His first comedy, "La Taverne des Etudients," was produced in 1854 in the odeon, then the second state theater, but it proved a complete failure.
...(the obituary continues in great length)"
Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, November 9, 1908
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Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fédora (1882) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) by Umberto Giordano.
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