Composers and their stage works 

Henri-René Lenormand

French novelist and dramatist. Born Paris 3 May, 1882; died Paris 16 February, 1951

Stage Works

Unless otherwise indicated the plays were first performed in Paris.

  1. La folie blanche (White Madness). Drama, 2 acts. Published 1905. Produced Théâtre du Grand Guignol, Oct. 23, 1905.
  2. Le reveil de ]'instinct (The Awakening of Instinct). Play, 3 acts. Published 1908. Produced Nouveau Théâtre des Arts, Mar. 27, 1908.
  3. Les possedes (The Possessed). Play. Published 1912. Produced Théâtre des Arts, Apr. 14, 1909.
  4. La grande mort (The Great Death). Drama, 2 acts. Produced Théâtre du Grand Guignol, Apr. 15, 1909.
  5. Au désert (In the Desert). Drama, 2 acts. Published 1910. Produced Petit Théâtre, Jan. 16, 1910.
  6. Niou. Play, 3 acts. Produced Théâtre des Arts, May 17, 1911. Based on a work by Ossip Dymov. (Adaptation; with Serge Persky).
  7. Le cachet rouge (The Red Seal). (Adaptation). Play, 1 act. Produced Nouveau Théâtre des Arts, June 27, 1912. Based on a story by Alfred de Vigny.
  8. Terres chaudes (Warm Lands). Drama, 2 acts. Published 1914. Produced Théâtre du Grand Guignol, June 14, 1913.
  9. Poussière (Dust). Play, 3 acts. Produced Théâtre Antoine, Apr. 30, 1914.
  10. Les rates (The Failures). Play, 14 tableaux. Published 1918. Produced Geneva, Jan. 16, 1920; Paris, Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Oct. 20, 1922.
  11. Le temps est un songe (Time Is a Dream). Play, 6 tableaux. Published 1919. Produced Théâtre des Arts, Dec. 2, 1919.
  12. Le simoun (Simoon). Play, 13 tableaux. Published 1922. Produced Comédie Montaigne-Gelier, Dec. 21, 1920.
  13. Le mangeur de rêves (The Dream Doctor). Tragedy, prologue and 9 scenes. Published 1922. Produced Geneva, Jan. 11, 1922; Paris, Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Feb. 1, 1922.
  14. La dent rouge (The Red Tooth). Play, 4 acts. Published 1924. Produced Théâtre de l'Odéon, Oct. 10, 1922.
  15. Une vie secrète (A Secret Life). Play, 3 acts. Published 1924. Produced Studio des Champs Elysées, 1929.
  16. L'homme et ses fantômes (Man and His Phantoms). Play, 4 acts. Published 1924. Produced Théâtre de l'Odéon, June 11, 1924.
  17. A l'ombre du mal (In the Shadow of Evil). Play, 3 acts. Published 1925. Produced Studio des Champs-Elysées, Oct. 16, 1924.
  18. Le lache (The Coward). Play, 4 acts. Published 1926. Produced Théâtre des Arts, Dec. 1, 1925.
  19. L'amour magicien (The Magician Love). Play, 3 acts. Published 1930. Produced Studio des Champs-Elysées, Nov. 25, 1926.
  20. Mixture. Play, 3 acts. Published 1931. Produced Théâtre des Mathurins, Nov. 3, 1927.
  21. L'innocente (The Innocent). Play, 1 act. Published 1928. Produced Théâtre Antoine, May 9, 1928.
  22. Les trois chambres (The Three Rooms). Play, 3 acts. Published 1932. Produced Théâtre Edouard VII, Feb. 17, 1931.
  23. Asie (Asia). Play, 3 acts. Published 1932. Produced Théâtre Antoine, Dec. 16, 1931.
  24. Sortilèges. (Spells) Play. Produced Studio des Champs-Elysées, November, 1932.
  25. Crepuscule du théâtre (Theatre Street). Play, 3 acts. Published 1935. Produced Théâtre des Arts, Dec. 14, 1934.
  26. Merveilleux alliage (Wonderful Alloy). (Adaptation). Produced Théâtre des Mathurins, Jan. 10, 1936. Based on a work by V. Kirchen.
  27. Folle du ciel (Heaven's Madwoman). Féerie, 2 parts. Published 1938. Produced Théâtre des Mathurins, Feb. 20, 1937. Music: Darius Milhaud.
  28. Liberté (Liberty). Play. Produced Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 1937.
  29. Arden de Feversham. (Adaptation). Play, prologue and 10 tableaux. Produced Théâtre Montparnasse, Oct. 9, 1938. Based on an anonymous Elizabethan tragedy.
  30. La terre de Satan (Satan's Earth). Play, 4 acts. Published 1942.
  31. La maison des remparts (The House on the Ramparts). Play, 3 acts. Published 1942.
  32. L'esprit souterrain (The Underground Spirit). Play, 3 acts. Based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
  33. Pacifique (Pacific). Scenes of Polynesian life, 13 tableaux. Produced Théâtre des Ambassadeurs.
  34. Mademoiselle de Coriolis. Play.
  35. L'insurrection (The Insurrection). Play.
  36. L'île desert (The Desert Island). Play.
  37. L'eternelle Manon. Play.