Édouard Bourdet

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French playwright

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Male

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Birth:

26 October 1887(Saint-Germain-en-Laye, canton of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines)

Death:

17 January 1945(Paris, Île-de-France, France)

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Spouse(s):

Catherine Pozzi

Children:

Claude Bourdet

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Édouard Bourdet (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 26 October 1887 – Paris, 17 January 1945) was a 20th-century French playwright.

He was married to the poet, Catherine Pozzi; their son was Claude Bourdet.

1910: Le Rubicon
1912: La Cage ouverte, Théâtre Michel
1922: L'Heure du berger
1923: L'Homme enchaîné, play in 3 acts, Théâtre Fémina, 7 Novembre
1926: La Prisonnière, presented in London, New York and Vienna
1927: Vient de paraître, comedy in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 25 November
1929: Le Sexe faible, comedy in 3 acts which ran for nearly two years at the Théâtre de la Michodière, 10 December, and was also presented in Berlin
1932: La Fleur des pois, comedy in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 4 October
1934: Les Temps difficiles, play in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 30 January, revived at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Comédie-Française) from 22 November to 30 December 2006, arranged by Jean-Claude Berruti
1935: Margot, play in 2 acts, Théâtre Marigny, 26 November, with Pierre Fresnay, Jacques Dumesnil and Yvonne Printemps. Mise en scène was Pierre Fresnay's and the incidental music by Georges Auric and Francis Poulenc
1936: Fric-Frac, play in 5 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 15 October
1941: Hyménée, play in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 7 May
1942: Père, Théâtre de la Michodière, 15 December

1933 : The Weaker Sex by Robert Siodmak, screenplay and dialogue after his play.