Maurice Desvallières

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Filmography (11)

Bibliography (4)

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French playwright

From

France

was

Writer Playwright

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature

Gender

Male

Star sign

Libra

Birth

3 October 1857, Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France

Death

23 March 1926, 9th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, Seine, France (aged 68 years)

Age

68 years

Family

Siblings:

George Desvallières

Education

Lycée Condorcet,

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Biography

Maurice Lefebvre-Desvallières (3 October 1857 – 23 March 1926) was a 19th-20th-century French playwright.

Maurice was the brother of George Desvallières,son of Emile Lefebvre Desvallières and Marie Legouvé (daughter and granddaughter of academicians Ernest Legouvé and Gabriel-Marie Legouvé).

He studied at lycée Condorcet.

He wrote several theatre plays in collaboration with Georges Feydeau.

Works

1879: Le premier bal
1879: Amis d'enfance
1881: On demande un ministre !
1884: Prête-moi ta femme !
1888: Les Fiancés de Loches
1889: L'Affaire Édouard
1890: C'est une femme du monde !
1890: Le Mariage de Barillon, three-act comédie en vaudeville
1894: Le Ruban
1894: L'Hôtel du libre échange
1901: Le truc de Séraphin
1906: Le Fils à papa (adapted into Die keusche Susanne, 1910, and The Girl in the Taxi, 1912)
1920: Seine-Port et ses vieilles maisons
1959: Champignol malgré lui