Lucien Besnard

Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872 – 1955) 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 the Shadow of the Harem).

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.