Composers and their stage works 

Armand Salacrou

French dramatist born Rouen August 8, 1899.

Stage Works

Unless otherwise noted, the plays were first performed in Paris.

  1. La boule de verre (The Glass Bull). Play, 1 act. Published 1924.
  2. Le casseur d'assiettes (The Plate Breaker). Play, 1 act. Published 1925.
  3. Tour à terre (Shore Leave). Play, 3 acts. Published 1929. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Dec. 24, 1925.
  4. Le pont de l'Europe (The Bridge of Europe). Play, 3 acts. Published 1929. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Dec. 24, 1925.
  5. Patchouli. Play, 3 acts. Published 1930. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, Jan. 22, 1930.
  6. Atlas-Hâtel. Play, 3 acts. Published 1931. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, Apr. 15, 1931.
  7. La vie en rose (A Rosy Life). Impromptu, 1 act. Published 1936. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Dec. 3, 1931.
  8. Une femme libre (A Free Woman). Play, 3 acts. Published 1934. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Oct. 4, 1934.
  9. Les frénétiques (The Frenzied Ones). Play, 5 tableaux. Published 1935. Produced Théâtre Daunou, Dec. 5, 1934.
  10. L'inconnue d'Arras (The Unknown Woman, of Arras). Play, 3 acts. Published 1936. Produced Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Nov. 22, 1935.
  11. Un homme comme les autres (A Man Like the Others). Play, 3 acts. Published 1937. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Nov. 23, 1936.
  12. La terre est ronde (The World Is Round). Play, 3 acts. Published 1938. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, Nov. 7, 1938.
  13. Histoire de rire (When the Music Stops). Dramatic farce, 3 acts. Published 1940. Produced Théâtre de la Madeleine, Dec. 22, 1939.
  14. La Marguerite (Marguerite). Play, 1 act. Published 1941. Produced Théâtre Pigalle, Oct. 28, 1944.
  15. Les fiancés du Havre (The Fiancés of Le Havre). Play, 3 acts. Published 1944. Produced Comédie-Française, Dec. 10, 1944.
  16. Le soldat et la sorcière (The Soldier and the Witch). Historical divertissement, 2 parts. Published 1946. Produced Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Dec. 5, 1945.
  17. Les nuits de la colère (Nights of Anger). Play. Produced Théâtre Marigny, Dec. 12, 1946.
  18. L'Archipel Lenoir, ou Il ne faut pas toucher aux chases immobiles (The Lenoir Archipelago, or One Must Not Touch Immobile Things). Comedy, 2 parts. Published 1946. Produced Théâtre Montparnasse, Nov. 8, 1947.
  19. Pourquoi pas moi? (Why Not Me?). Play, 1 act. Produced Brussels, ThMtre du Rideau, Sept. 4, 1948; Paris, Théâtre tdouard VII, Oct. 26, 1950.
  20. Poof. Comedy ballet, 1 long act. Produced Théâtre Édouard VII, Oct. 26, 1950.
  21. Dieu le savait, on La vie n'est pas sérieuse (God Knew It, or Life Isn't Serious). Play, 3 acts. Published 1951. Produced Théâtre Saint-Georges, Dec. 2, 1950.
  22. Sens interdit, ou Les ages de la vie (No Entry, or The Ages of Life). Psychodrama, 1 act. Published 1952. Produced Théâtre du QuartierLatin, Jan. 6, 1953.
  23. Les invites du bon Dieu (God's Guests). Vaudeville, 3 acts. Published 1953. Produced Théâtre Saint-Georges, Sept. 23, 1953.
  24. Le miroir (The Mirror). Play, 4 acts. Published 1956. Produced Théâtre des Ambassadeurs, Sept. 21, 1956.
  25. Une femme trop honnête (Too Honest a Woman). Play, 3 acts. Published 1956. Produced Théâtre Édouard VII, December, 1956.
  26. Boulevard Durand. Drama, 2 parts. Published 1960. Produced Liège, 1971.
  27. Comme des chardons (Like Thistles). Play. Produced Com6dieFrançaise, Oct. 18, 1964.
  28. Histoire de cirque (Circus Story). Play. Def. ed. 1977
  29. La rue noire (The Black Street). Play. Produced 1967.
  30. Poof. Comedy-ballet for television, 1973.

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