François, Vicomte de Curel
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François, Vicomte de Curel (10 June 1854 – 26 April 1928), French dramatist, was born at Metz, Moselle.
Biography
He was educated at the École centrale Paris as a civil engineer, the family wealth being derived from smelting works. He began his literary career with two novels, L'Ete des fruits secs (1885) and Le Sauvetage du grand duc (1889). In 1891 three plays were accepted by the Théâtre Libre.
Works
- L'Envers d'une sainte (1892)
- Les Fossiles (1892) — a picture of the prejudices of the provincial nobility
- L'Invitée (1893) — the story of a mother who returns to her children after twenty years' separation
- L'Amour brode (1893) — which was withdrawn by the author from the Théâtre Français after the second representation
- La Figurante (1896)
- Le Repas du lion (1898) — dealing with the relations between capital and labour
- La Fille sauvage (1902) — the history of the development of the religious idea
- La Nouvelle Idole (1899) — dealing with the worship of science
- Le Coup d'aile (1906)
- La Danse devant le miroir (1914)
- La Comédie du génie (1918-19)
- L'Âme en folie (1919)
- La Biche au bois (1920)
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- François de Curel / Angelo Mariani (extrait de "Figures contemporaines" tome 1, 1894)
- L'oeuvre de François Curel et le théatre d'idées / Edouard Schneider (in "Revue hebdomadaire", 6 octobre 1913)
- François de Curel / Alfred Poizat (in "Le correspondant", 10 mai 1919)
- Le théatre de M. François de Curel / Henry Bordeaux (in "Revue hebomadaire", 10 mai 1919
- La naissance de l'âme en folie / Jean Héritier (in "Monde nouveau", 1er janvier 1922
- La Lorraine dans l'oeuvre de François de Curel / Louis Bertrand (in "La revue universelle", 1er février 1922
