Félix Duquesnel

Félix Duquesnel
Born Félix Henri Duquesnel
2 July 1832
Paris
Died 28 April 1915(1915-04-28) (aged 82)
Paris
Occupation Journalist
Playwright
Novelist

Félix Henri Duquesnel (2 July 1832 – 28 April 1915) was a French journalist, playwright and novelist.

Biography

He studied at the College Rollin, then at the Faculty of Law and was admitted to the bar which he quickly left to turn to journalism.

A journalist at L'Illustration, Je sais tout or Le Gaulois among other newspapers, Duquesne was theatre manager of the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1866, of the Théâtre du Châtelet (with Émile Rochard) (1880-1882), then of the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin from 1884 to 1893. His plays were presented on the most signifiant Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre des Capucines.

He left an important correspondence with numerous personalities of the nineteenth century such as Émile Augier, Gustave Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve, Jules Sandeau, Adolphe d'Ennery, Xavier de Montépin, Jules Verne,[1] Alexandre Dumas, Georges Sand.

Works

Theatre

Novels

Other

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Of whom he was a friend.
  2. ↑ In 1903, Les Deux bosses, conte oriental was drawn from the Contes des dix mille et deux nuits and adapted to the stage by Charles Esquier.
  3. ↑ Previously published in Le Temps, July–August 1913.


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