André OBEY
(1892-1975)
French dramatist. Born on May 8, 1892 in Douai.
Stage Works
All were first performed in Paris.
- La souriante Madame Beudet (The Wife with a Smile).(with Denys Amiel). Play, 2 acts. Published 1921. Produced Nouveau-Théâtre, April 16, 1921.
- Les amis de la dernière heure (Friends of the Last Hour). Play, 2 acts. Produced Théâtre Albert 1, December 22, 1924.
- La carcasse (The Carcass). (with Denys Amiel ). Play, 2 acts. Published 1926. Produced Comédie-Française April 16, 1926.
- Noé (Noah). Play. Published 1931. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, January 5, 1931.
- Le viol de Lucrèce (Lucrece). Play. Published 1932. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, March 12, 1931. Based on William Shakespeare's poem The Rape of Lucrece.
- La bataille de la Marne (The Battle of the Marne). Play. Published 1932. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, December 5, 1931.
- Vénus et Adonis (Venus and Adonis). Play. Published 1948. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, December 5, 1932. Based on Shakespeare's poem.
- Loire. Play. Published 1933. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, April 28, 1933.
- Le trompeur de Séville (The Deceiver of Seville). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, January 28, 1937. Revision of an earlier work presented in Brussels and London under the title Don Juan (1934).
- Introduction au Cid (Indroduction to "Le Cid"). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Comédie, November 11, 1940.
- Huit cents mètres (Eight Hundred Meters). Play. Produced Roland Garros Stadium, July 5, 1941.
- Maria. Play. Produced Comédie des Champs-Élysées, March 24, 1946.
- Revenu de l'étoile (Back from the Star). Play, 2 acts. Produced Baden-Baden, 1947.
- L'homme de cendres (The Man of Ashes). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Comédie, December 21, 1949. Revision of The Deceiver of Seville.
- Lazare (Lazarus). Play. Produced Théâtre Marigny, November 22, 1951.
- Une fine pour du vent (A Girl in Exchange for Wind). Play, 3 acts. Produced Comédie-Française, April 15, 1953.
- Les trois coups de minuit (The Three Strokes of Midnight). Play. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, November 18, 1958.
- La fenêtre (The Window). Play, 1 act. Produced 1959.
- Le jour du retour (The Day of Return). Comedy. Produced Comédie-Française, January 21, 1972.
- L'Ascension du Sinai (The Climb of the Sinai). Play. Produced Radio Lausanne, 1977.
- Douze hommes eu colère (Twelve Angry Men). Drama. Produced Théâtre de la Louvière, October 21, 1978.