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CLARETIE, JULES

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 436 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLARETIE, JULES ARSE'NE See also:ARNAUD (184o- ), See also:French See also:man of letters and director of the See also:Theatre See also:Francais, was See also:born at See also:Limoges on the 3rd of See also:December 184o. After studying at the lycee See also:Bonaparte in See also:Paris, he became an active journalist, achieving See also:great success as dramatic critic to the See also:Figaro and to the See also:Opinion nationale. He was a newspaper correspondent during the Franco-See also:German See also:War, and during the See also:Commune acted as See also:staff-officer in the See also:National Guard. In 1885 he became director of the Theatre Frangais, and from that See also:time devoted his time chiefly to its See also:administration. He was elected a member of the See also:Academy in 1888, and took his seat in Feburary 1889, being received by Ernest See also:Renan. The See also:long See also:list of his See also:works includes Histoire de la revolution de 1870-1871 (new ed., 5 vols., 1875-1876); Cinq ans apres; l'See also:Alsace et la See also:Lorraine depuis l'annexion (1876); some See also:annual volumes of reprints of his articles in the weekly See also:press, entitled La See also:Vie d Paris; La Vie moderne au thedtre (1868-1869); See also:Moliere, sa vie et son oeuvre 0871); Histoire de la litterature francaise, 900-1900 (2nd ed. 19o5); Candidat! (1887), a novel of contemporary See also:life; Brichanteau, comedien francais (1896); several plays, some of which are based on novels of his own—Les Muscadins(1874) , Le See also:Regiment de See also:Champagne(1877), See also:Les See also:Mirabeau (1879), See also:Monsieur le ministre (1883), and others; and the See also:opera, La Navarraise, based on his novel La Cigarette, and written with See also:Henri See also:Cain to the See also:music of See also:Massenet. La Navarraise was first produced at Covent See also:Garden (See also:June 1894) with Mme See also:Calve in the See also:part of Anita. His Euvres completes were published in 1897-1904.

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