biography
| name: |
Donnay, Maurice(-Charles)
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pronunciation:
[donay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1859–1945)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Paris, France. Trained as an engineer, he turned to writing, beginning with monologues written for the Chat Noir cabaret. He became known in the theatre with Amants (1895), the first work of a series called ‘Théâtre d'Amour’, which included La Douloureuse (1897) and L'Affranchie (1898). The later plays La Chasse à l'homme (1919) and La Reprise (1924) are comedies of manners, depicting France after World War 1. Other works include an autobiographical Journal, 1919-30 (1935) and Théâtre (8 vols, 1908–27). He was elected to the Académie Française in 1907. |
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