Antony Mars

Antony Mars (22 October 1861 – 17 February 1915) was a French playwright

Antony Mars
Born22 October 1861
Vence
Died17 February 1915(1915-02-17) (aged 53)
Paris
OccupationPlaywright
Years active1885 – 1923

Biography

After he studied at a high school in Marseille, Antony March became a lawyer's clerk then an employee at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. En 1882, he collaborated with several newspapers: La Cocarde, Le Mot d'ordre, Le Réveil (1882-1884).[1]

A friend of Paul Morisse and Raymond Bonheur,[2] he made his debut in theatre in Le Havre in 1885 with Les Droits de la femme.[3] He obtained many successes in his time but today his most famous play remains Les Surprises du divorce written in 1888 with Alexandre Bisson.

Works

He left a great number of plays, staged on the most famous Parisian venues: Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Théâtre de Cluny, théâtre du Palais-Royal, théâtre du Gymnase or else Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, often presented again in the 1910s-1950s.

  • 1885: Un enlèvement, monologue comique
  • 1887: Quand on conspire !, opérette bouffe in 1 act
  • 1887: Tête folle, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts with distincts and music
  • 1888: Les Deux Pigeons, play in 2 acts, with songs and music, for young girls
  • 1888: Veuve Durosel ! ..., comedy in 1 act
  • 1889: La Meunière du Moulin-joli, play in 2 acts, with chorus and distincts
  • 1889: Les Maris sans femmes, comedy in 3 acts
  • 1889: Le Secret des Pardhaillan, folie-vaudeville in 1 act
  • 1889: Les Surprises du divorce, comedy in 3 acts, with Alexandre Bisson
  • 1890: À la salle de police, saynète
  • 1890: Les Douze Femmes de Japhet, vaudeville opérette in three acts
  • 1890: Un monsieur qui dîne en ville, comedy in 1 act
  • 1890: Les Vieux Maris, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts
  • 1891: La Demoiselle du téléphone
  • 1891: Le Mitron
  • 1892: Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette, vaudeville-operetta in 4 acts
  • 1892: La Bonne de chez Duval
  • 1892: 3, rue de la Pompe
  • 1893: L'Homme à l'oreille cassée
  • 1893: Un conte bleu, operetta in 3 acts
  • 1894: Barbotin et Picquoiseau, comédie en vaudevilles in two acts
  • 1894: Monsieur Gavroche, comédie en vaudevilles in two acts with chorus and distincts
  • 1895: La Dot de Brigitte, operetta in 3 acts
  • 1896: Le Voyage de Corbillon
  • 1896: L'Hôtel du lac, vaudeville in two acts
  • 1896: Le Mari d'Hortense, comedy in 1 act
  • 1896: Rose et Blanche, comedy in two acts, with chorus and distincts
  • 1896: Sa majesté l'amour, operetta with extravaganza in 3 acts
  • 1896: Le Truc de Séraphin, comedy in three acts, with Maurice Desvallières
  • 1897: Les Fêtards, operetta in 3 acts, with Maurice Hennequin
  • 1897: La Succession Beaugaillard, comédie en vaudevilles in three acts
  • 1898: Le Docteur Oscar, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act
  • 1899: La Mouche
  • 1899: La Poule blanche
  • 1899: La Meunière du Moulin-joli, comedy in 2 acts, with chorus and distincts
  • 1901: Le Billet de logement, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts
  • 1902: La Petite Cendrillon, operetta in 2 acts
  • 1903: La Marmotte
  • 1906: Le Fils à papa, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Maurice Desvallières
  • 1909: La Revanche d'Ève
  • 1911: Madame l'Amirale
  • 1911: La Roue de la fortune, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts
  • 1911: Mon ami Chose !..., comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, for young men
  • 1912: Son Altesse, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts
  • 1913: La Chaste Suzanne, operetta in 3 acts (a French version of Die keusche Susanne which is based on Le Fils à papa, 1906)
  • 1923: La Mort d'Arthème Lapin, drame parodique (mélimélodrama) in 1 act

Filmography
  • Les Surprises du divorce, directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1912, short film, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
  • Le Fils à papa, directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1913, short film, based on Le Fils à papa)
  • Le Voyage de Corbillon, directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1914, short film, based on Le Voyage de Corbillon)
  • I mariti allegri, directed by Camillo De Riso (Italy, 1914, short film, based on Les Maris sans femmes)
  • L'ammiraglia, directed by Nino Oxilia (Italy, 1914, short film, based on Madame l'Amirale)
  • The Girl in the Taxi, directed by Lloyd Ingraham (1921, based on Le Fils à papa)
  • Le sorprese del divorzio, directed by Guido Brignone (Italy, 1923, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
  • Chaste Susanne, directed by Richard Eichberg (Germany, 1926, based on Le Fils à papa)
  • I 28 giorni di Claretta, directed by Eugenio Perego (Italy, 1927, based on Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette)
  • Billeting Order, directed by Charles-Félix Tavano (France, 1932, based on Le Billet de logement)
  • Les Surprises du divorce, directed by Jean Kemm (France, 1933, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
  • Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette, directed by André Hugon (France, 1933, based on Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette)
  • Min svärmor - dansösen, directed by Thor L. Brooks (Sweden, 1936, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
  • La Chaste Suzanne, directed by André Berthomieu (France, 1937, based on Le Fils à papa)
  • Le sorprese del divorzio, directed by Guido Brignone (Italy, 1939, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
  • Las sorpresas del divorcio, directed by Roberto Ratto (Argentina, 1943, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
  • La Casta Susana, directed by Benito Perojo (Argentina, 1944, based on Le Fils à papa)
  • La Casta Susana, directed by Luis César Amadori (Spain, 1963, based on Le Fils à papa)

References
  1. Christophe Charle, Théâtres en capitales, Albin Michel, 2008, p.168
  2. Guillaume Labussière, Raymond Bonheur, 1861-1939, L'Harmattan, 2005, p.193
  3. Henry Gidel, Le Vaudeville, PUF, 1986, p.91

Bibliography
  • Hugo P. Thieme, Guide bibliographique de la littérature française de 1800 à 1906, 1907
  • Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes, 1963, p. 121
  • Kurt Gänzl, The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, vol.2, 2001, p. 13
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