Tristan Bernard
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Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947)[1] was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.
Life
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He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, he managed the Vélodrome de la Seine at Levallois-Perret and the Vélodrome Buffalo, events that were an integral part of Parisian life, being regularly attended by personalities such as Toulouse-Lautrec.[2] He reputedly introduced the bell to signify the last lap of a race.[3]
He identified as an anarchist.[4]
Famous for his wit, Bernard was also a crossword creator.[5]
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- Les Pieds nickelés (1895)
- L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle (French Without a Master) (1899)
- Triplepatte (with André Godfernaux, 1905)
- The Brighton Twins (Les Jumeaux de Brighton) (1908)
- Le Danseur inconnu (1909)
- Le Costaud des épinettes (with Alfred Athis, 1910)
- The Little Cafe (Le petit café) (1911)
- Les Deux Canards (with Alfred Athis, 1913)
- Jeanne Doré (1913)
- Coeur de lilas (with Charles-Henry Hirsch, 1921)
- Le Cordon bleu (1923)
- Embrassez-moi (with Gustave Quinson and Yves Mirande, 1923)
Narrative works
[edit]- Vous m'en direz tant (1894) collaboration with Pierre Veber
- Contes de Pantruche et d'ailleurs (1897)
- Sous toutes réserves (1898)
- Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé (1899)
- Un mari pacifique (1901)
- Amants et voleurs (1905)
- Mathilde et ses mitaines (1912)
- L'Affaire Larcier (1924)
- Le Voyage imprévu (1928)
- Aux abois (1933)
- Robin des bois (1935)
Filmography
[edit]- Jeanne Doré, directed by Louis Mercanton and René Hervil (1915, based on the play Jeanne Doré)
- The Love Cheat, directed by George Archainbaud (1919, based on the play Le Danseur inconnu)
- The Little Cafe, directed by Raymond Bernard (1919, based on the play The Little Cafe)
- Triplepatte, directed by Raymond Bernard (1922, based on the play Triplepatte)
- Le Costaud des épinettes, directed by Raymond Bernard (1923, based on the play Le Costaud des épinettes)
- Kiss Me, directed by Robert Péguy (1929, based on the play Embrassez-moi)
- The Unknown Dancer, directed by René Barberis (1929, based on the play Le Danseur inconnu)
- Playboy of Paris, directed by Ludwig Berger (1930, based on the play The Little Cafe)
- The Little Cafe, directed by Ludwig Berger (1931, based on the play The Little Cafe)
- Le Poignard malais, directed by Roger Goupillières (1931, based on a short story)
- English As It Is Spoken, directed by Robert Boudrioz (1931, based on the play L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle)
- The Champion Cook, directed by Karl Anton (1932, based on the play Le Cordon bleu)
- Coeur de lilas, directed by Anatole Litvak (1932, based on the play Coeur de lilas)
- Kiss Me, directed by Léon Mathot (1932, based on the play Embrassez-moi)
- Les Deux Canards, directed by Erich Schmidt (1934, based on the play Les Deux Canards)
- The Slipper Episode, directed by Jean de Limur (1935, based on the novel Le Voyage imprévu)
- Runaway Ladies, directed by Jean de Limur (1938, based on the novel Le Voyage imprévu)
- Amants et Voleurs, directed by Raymond Bernard (1935, based on the play Le Costaud des épinettes)
- The Brighton Twins, directed by Claude Heymann (1936, based on the play The Brighton Twins)
- Jeanne Doré, directed by Mario Bonnard (Italy, 1938, based on the play Jeanne Doré)
- The Last Metro, directed by Maurice de Canonge (1945, based on the novel Mathilde et ses mitaines)
- Aux abois, directed by Philippe Collin (2005, based on the novel Aux abois)
Screenwriter
[edit]- Le Ravin sans fond (dir. Jacques Feyder and Raymond Bernard, 1917)
- L'Homme inusable (dir. Raymond Bernard, 1923)
- Décadence et grandeur (dir. Raymond Bernard, 1923)
- The Fortune (dir. Jean Hémard, 1931)
- Eusèbe député (dir. André Berthomieu, 1938)
- Girls in Distress (dir. G. W. Pabst, 1939)
References
[edit]- ^ Who Was Who in the Theatre:1912–1976, p.197 vol.1 A-C;compiled from editions published annually by John Parker – 1976 edition by Gale Research ISBN 0-8103-0406-6 (UK) ISBN 0-273-01313-0.
- ^ "Cycling, A Hands, La Chaine Simpson".
- ^ Leeds.ac.uk – 73.200–213 The Contribution of the Fine Arts to the Olympic Games, De Coubertin on Fine Art in the Olympic Movement Archived 13 April 2001 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Charnow, Sally Debra (2016). Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris: Staging Modernity. Springer. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-137-05458-6.
- ^ Andrikian, Yves (5 August 2015). "L'insolence rieuse de Tristan Bernard". L'Est Républicain (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Tristan Bernard at Wikimedia Commons
French Wikisource has original text related to this article: Auteur:Tristan Bernard- Works by Tristan Bernard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Categories:
- 1866 births
- 1947 deaths
- Writers from Besançon
- 19th-century French journalists
- 20th-century French journalists
- 19th-century French Jews
- French people of World War II
- 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French male writers
- Burials at Passy Cemetery
- French anarchists
- Lycée Condorcet alumni
- French male non-fiction writers
- Crossword creators