Maurice Hennequin


Maurice Hennequin was a French-naturalized Belgian playwright.

Biography

A great-grandson of the painter Philippe-Auguste Hennequin, Maurice Hennequin was the son of Alfred Hennequin, himself a playwright, who created a kind of vaudeville, with a complex plot but rigorously structured, nicknamed "hennequinade" The young Maurice began in the world of theater at the age of 19 in 1882, sometimes helped by his father during his early years.
In a 45-year long career, he gave nearly a hundred plays, mostly comedies and vaudevilles, written either alone or in collaboration. Many of these works experienced vivid success, such as Le Système Ribadier, written in collaboration with Georges Feydeau, or Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?, quoted by one character in the play A Flea in Her Ear by Feydeau, and twice adapted for film. Some of his plays even experienced real triumph, like Le Monsieur de cinq heures with 568 performances, which was considerable in his time.
He married mademoiselle Braem.

Works

Theatre

From 1885 to 1899

From 1900 to 1927

  • 1901: M'amour, comedy in three acts with Paul Bilhaud, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 22 January.
  • 1901: Nelly Rozier, comedy en three acts, with Paul Bilhaud, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 10 December.
  • 1901: Le Coup de fouet, comédie en vaudevilles in three acts, with Paul Bilhaud and Georges Duval
  • 1903: La Famille Boléro, play in three acts, with Paul Bilhaud, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 13 February.
  • 1903: Heureuse !, comedy in three acts, with Paul Bilhaud, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 26 February.
  • 1904: Les Dragées d'Hercule, play in three acts, with Paul Bilhaud, first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 15 January.
  • 1904: La Gueule du loup, comedy in three acte, with Paul Bilhaud, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 28 October.
  • 1905: Le Gant, comedy in one act, with Paul Bilhaud, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 22 April.
  • 1905: Florette & Patapon, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 20 October.
  • 1906: Totote et Boby, comedy in one act, first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 3 October.
  • 1906: Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 6 October.
  • 1907: Vingt jours à l'ombre, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, presented for the first time in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 20 November.
  • 1907: Patachon, four-act comedy, with Félix Duquesnel, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 23 October.
  • 1908: Crime passionnel !, one-act play, first performed in Monaco at the Théâtre des Beaux-Arts on 3 February.
  • 1910: Noblesse oblige !, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 6 janvier.
  • 1910: Une aventure impériale, comedy in one act, with Serge Basset, first performed in Paris at the Théâtre des Capucines on 10 February.
  • 1910: Tais-toi, mon cœur !, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 6 April.
  • 1910: Yette, comedy in one act, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre des Capucines on 13 October.
  • 1911: Une heure après, je le jure, comedy in one act, with Georges Mitchell, présented for the first time in Paris at the Théâtre des Capucines on 12 October.
  • 1911: Aimé des femmes, comedy in three acts, with Georges Mitchell
  • 1912: Une nuit d'amour, one-act play, with Serge Basset, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre du Grand Guignol on 24 March.
  • 1912: Flirt pour deux !, comédie en un acte, représentée pour la première fois à Paris sur le Théâtre des Capucines on 3 October.
  • 1912: La Présidente, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 27 Novembre.
  • 1913: Les Honneurs de la guerre, comedy in three acts
  • 1913: Mon bébé, play in three acts after Baby mine by Margaret Mayo
  • 1914: La Fille de Figaro, with Hughes Delorme, at the Théâtre de l'Apollo
  • 1916: Madame et son filleul, comedy in three acts, with Pierre Veber
  • 1916: La Petite Dactylo, with Georges Mitchell
  • 1917: Le Compartiment des dames seules, play in three acts, with Georges Mitchell, first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 27 November.
  • 1920: Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'œil, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber
  • 1921: Le Paradis fermé, comedy in three acts, with Romain Coolus, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée on 2 November.
  • 1922: La Seconde Nuit de noces, with Bilhaud and Veber
  • 1922: La Sonnette d'alarme, comedy in three acts, with Romain Coolus, first presented in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée on 1 December
  • 1922: Diane au bain, play in three acts, with Romain Coolus, at the Théâtre des Nouveautés
  • 1924: Le Monsieur de cinq heures, play in three acts, with Pierre Veber, at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • 1926: Passionnément, musical comedy in three acts by Maurice Hennequin and Albert Willemetz, music by André Messager, Théâtre de la Michodière, on 16 January
  • 1927: La reine de Biarritz, play in three acts, with Romain Coolus, at the Théâtre Antoine
  • 1927: On ne roule pas Antoinette, play in three acts with Pierre Véber, at the théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • undated: Les Poches des autres, comedy in one act

Filmography