Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou | |
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Sardou in 1880 | |
| Born | Victorien Léandre Sardou 5 September 1831 Paris, France |
| Died | 8 November 1908 (aged 77) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Period | 19th-century |
| Genre | Well-made play |
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Victorien Sardou (/sɑːrˈduː/ sar-DOO, French: [viktɔʁjɛ̃ saʁdu]; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fédora (1882) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) by Umberto Giordano. His play Gismonda, from 1894, was also adapted into an opera of the same name by Henry Février.