Émile Bergerat
Encyclopedia
Émile Bergerat was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué (the masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from The Tempest
by William Shakespeare). A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine
opposite his flat bears his name.
, head of the La Vie moderne review under the editorship of Georges Charpentier and a member of the Académie Goncourt
, he was the son in law of Théophile Gautier
and the brother in law of Théophile Gautier (fils). Émile Bergerat married Estelle Gautier, daughter of Théophile Gautier, and they had one son, Théo Bergerat, director and radio essayist. Théophile wrote in a letter to Carlotta Grisi
that Émile was
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
by William Shakespeare). A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...
opposite his flat bears his name.
Life
An essayist for Voltaire and FigaroLe Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
, head of the La Vie moderne review under the editorship of Georges Charpentier and a member of the Académie Goncourt
Académie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...
, he was the son in law of Théophile Gautier
Théophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
and the brother in law of Théophile Gautier (fils). Émile Bergerat married Estelle Gautier, daughter of Théophile Gautier, and they had one son, Théo Bergerat, director and radio essayist. Théophile wrote in a letter to Carlotta Grisi
Carlotta Grisi
Carlotta Grisi, real name Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi was an Italian ballet dancer born in Visinada, Istria . She was trained at the ballet school of Teatro alla Scala in Milan and later with dancer/balletmaster Jules Perrot...
that Émile was
Works
- Les cuirassiers de Reichshoffen (Lemerre, 1871)
- A. Chateaudun (Lemerre, 1871)
- Poèmes de la guerre 1870-1871 (1871)
- Les Provinciales (1871)
- Peintures décoratives de Paul Baudry au grand foyer de l'Opéra, critical study, preface by Théophile Gautier (1875)
- Théophile Gautier, peintre : étude, suivie du Catalogue de son œuvre peint, dessiné et gravé (1877)
- Théophile Gautier. Entretiens, souvenirs et correspondance (Charpentier, 1879)
- Enguerrande, dramatic poem (1884)
- Bébé et Cie (1884)
- Le Viol (Ollendorff, 1885)
- Vie et aventures du sieur Caliban. 1884-85 (1886)
- Le Livre de Caliban (Lemerre, 1887)
- Le Petit Moreau, novel (1887)
- Figarismes de Caliban (Lemerre, 1888)
- L'Amour en République, étude sociologique, 1870-1889 (1889)
- Le Cruel Vaten-guerre, mémoires d'un grand homme, recueillis, orthographiés et mis en un beau désordre par Caliban. Çi est le premier livre, intitulé la Bataille du Gravase (1889)
- Le Rire de Caliban (Charpentier, 1890)
- La Chasse au mouflon, ou Petit Voyage philosophique en Corse (Delagrave, 1891)
- L'Espagnole (Conquet, 1891)
- Les Chroniques de l'homme masqué (1892)
- Les Soirées de Calibangrève (1892)
- Le Salon de 1892 : Champs-Élysées (1892)
- Le Faublas malgré lui (1893)
- Les Drames de l'honneur. Le Chèque, novel (1893)
- Les Drames de l'honneur. La Vierge, novel (1894)
- Faublas malgré lui (1903)
- Contes de Caliban (1909)
- Ballades et sonnets (1910)
- Les Amours de Violette, roman (1910)
- Les Contes facitieux (1910)
- Souvenirs d'un enfant de Paris (4 volumes, 1911–1913)
- Glanes et javelles, rimes nouvelles, 1910-1914 (1914)
- Trente-six contes de toutes les couleurs (1919)
Plays
- Une Amie, 1 act verse comedy, Paris, Théâtre-FrançaisComédie-FrançaiseThe Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris....
, 9 September 1865 - Père et mari, 3 act prose drama, Paris, théâtre de Cluny, 21 June 1870
- Séparés de corps, 1 act prose comedy, Paris, théâtre du VaudevilleThéâtre du VaudevilleThe Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles....
, 11 March 1874 - La Nuit bergamasque, 3 act tragi-comedy, Paris, théâtre-Libre, 30 May 1887
- Le Premier Baiser, 1 act play, Paris, Comédie-FrançaiseComédie-FrançaiseThe Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris....
, 20 May 1889 - Le Capitaine Fracasse, heroic comedy in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, d'après le roman de Théophile GautierThéophile GautierPierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 10 October 1896 - La Burgonde, opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, with Camille de Sainte-Croix, music by Paul Vidal, Paris, Théâtre de l'Opéra, 23 December 1898; publié chez Choudens, 1898
- Plus que Reine, 5 act drama, with prologue and 7 tableaux, Paris, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 March 1899
- Théâtre (6 volumes, 1899)
- La Pompadour, dramatic comedy in 7 tableaux, 1 prologue, 5 acts and 1 epilogue, Paris, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 6 November 1901
- Le Capitaine Blomet, 3 act comedy, Paris, théâtre Antoine, 3 December 1901
- Petite mère, 4 act comedy, Paris, théâtre du Vaudeville, 29 April 1903
- La Fontaine de Jouvence, 2 act verse mythological comedy, Paris, Comédie-Française, 4 July 1906
- Vidocq, empereur des policiers, comedy in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, Paris, théâtre Sarah BernhardtThéâtre de la VilleThe Théâtre de la Ville is one of the two theatres built in the 19th century by Baron Haussmann at Place du Châtelet, Paris; the other being the Théâtre du Châtelet...
, 15 May 1910 - L'Héritage d'Œdipe, verse comedy in 2 acts and 1 prologue, presented to and refused by the Comédie-Française, 5 May 1911
- La Nuit florentine, 4 act verse comedy, whose prologue is a free adaptation of La Mandragore by Machiavelli, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 20 February 1913
External links
- Novels on the Bibliothèque électronique de Lisieux.
- Works by Émile Bergerat at the French Wikisource