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BECQUE, HENRY FRANCOIS (1837-1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 611 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BECQUE, See also:HENRY See also:FRANCOIS (1837-1899) , See also:French dramatist, was See also:born on the 9th of See also:April 1837 in See also:Paris. He wrote the See also:book of an See also:opera Sardanapale in See also:imitation of See also:Lord See also:Byron for the See also:music of M. Victorin See also:Joncieres in 1867, but his first important See also:work, See also:Michel Pauper, appeared in 1870. The importance of this sombre See also:drama was first realized when it was revived at the Odeon in 1886. See also:Les Corbeaux (1882) established Becque's position as an innovator, and in 1885 he produced his most successfulplay, La Parisienne. Becque produced little during the last years of his See also:life, but his disciples carried on the tradition he had created. He died in May 1899. See his Querelles litteraires (1890), and Souvenirs d'un auteur dramatique (1895), consisting chiefly of reprinted articles in which he does not spare his opponents. His See also:Theatre complet (3 vols., 1899) includes L'Enfant prodigue (See also:Vaudeville Theatre, 6th of Nov. 1868) ; Michel Pauper (Theatre de la See also:Porte-See also:Saint-See also:Martin, 17th of See also:June 187o) ; L'Enlevement (Vaudeville, 18th of Nov. 1871) ; La Navette (Gymnase, 15th of Nov. 1878) ; Les Honnetes Femmes (Gymnase, 1st of See also:Jan.

188o) ; Les Corbeaux (Comedic Frangaise, 14th of See also:

Sept. 1882) ; La Parisienne (Theatre de la See also:Renaissance, 7th of Feb. 1885).

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