Composers and their stage works 

André OBEY

(1892-1975)
French dramatist. Born on May 8, 1892 in Douai.

Stage Works

All were first performed in Paris.

  1. La souriante Madame Beudet (The Wife with a Smile).(with Denys Amiel). Play, 2 acts. Published 1921. Produced Nouveau-Théâtre, April 16, 1921.
  2. Les amis de la dernière heure (Friends of the Last Hour). Play, 2 acts. Produced Théâtre Albert 1, December 22, 1924.
  3. La carcasse (The Carcass). (with Denys Amiel ). Play, 2 acts. Published 1926. Produced Comédie-Française April 16, 1926.
  4. Noé (Noah). Play. Published 1931. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, January 5, 1931.
  5. 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.
  6. La bataille de la Marne (The Battle of the Marne). Play. Published 1932. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, December 5, 1931.
  7. Vénus et Adonis (Venus and Adonis). Play. Published 1948. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, December 5, 1932. Based on Shakespeare's poem.
  8. Loire. Play. Published 1933. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, April 28, 1933.
  9. 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).
  10. Introduction au Cid (Indroduction to "Le Cid"). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Comédie, November 11, 1940.
  11. Huit cents mètres (Eight Hundred Meters). Play. Produced Roland Garros Stadium, July 5, 1941.
  12. Maria. Play. Produced Comédie des Champs-Élysées, March 24, 1946.
  13. Revenu de l'étoile (Back from the Star). Play, 2 acts. Produced Baden-Baden, 1947.
  14. L'homme de cendres (The Man of Ashes). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Comédie, December 21, 1949. Revision of The Deceiver of Seville.
  15. Lazare (Lazarus). Play. Produced Théâtre Marigny, November 22, 1951.
  16. Une fine pour du vent (A Girl in Exchange for Wind). Play, 3 acts. Produced Comédie-Française, April 15, 1953.
  17. Les trois coups de minuit (The Three Strokes of Midnight). Play. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, November 18, 1958.
  18. La fenêtre (The Window). Play, 1 act. Produced 1959.
  19. Le jour du retour (The Day of Return). Comedy. Produced Comédie-Française, January 21, 1972.
  20. L'Ascension du Sinai (The Climb of the Sinai). Play. Produced Radio Lausanne, 1977.
  21. Douze hommes eu colère (Twelve Angry Men). Drama. Produced Théâtre de la Louvière, October 21, 1978.