Lucien Besnard


Lucien Besnard was a French playwright and drama critic.
Besnard was born in Nonancourt on 19 January 1872. He held a doctorate in law. He also studied Russian at the École des langues orientales.
His play Le Coeur partagé was premiered on 6 December 1926 in Paris by the Comédie-Française at the Salle Richelieu, and ran until 1931. His 1927 play Dans l'ombre du harem was adapted the following year into a silent film of the same name.
In 1932, Besnard adapted Im weißen Rößl, a German operetta by Ralph Benatzky, into French as L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc.
Besnard died in Paris in 1955. He is buried at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris.

Plays

  • 1896: Le Glas
  • 1898: Papa Dollivet
  • 1899: Les Chiens du maître
  • 1900: La Fronde
  • 1902: Le Domaine
  • 1904: L'Affaire Grisel
  • 1906: La Plus Amoureuse
  • 1908: Mon ami Teddy
  • 1909: Le Diable ermite
  • 1910: La Folle enchère
  • 1913: Je veux revoir ma Normandie
  • 1924: L'homme qui n'est plus de ce monde
  • 1926: Le Cœur partagé
  • 1927: ''Dans l'ombre du harem''

    Prizes

The Académie Française awarded Lucien Besnard two prizes:
  • 1926: Prix Émile Augier for L'homme qui n’est plus de ce monde
  • 1928: Prix Toirac for ''Le cœur partagé''