André_Picard_(playwright)

André Picard (playwright)

André Picard (playwright)

French playwright (1873–1926)

André Picard (7 November 1873 – 25 February 1926)[1][2] was a French playwright.[3] He co-authored the plays Mon Homme[4] and The Man in Evening Clothes which were adapted to film. His French play Kiki was adapted to the stage in the United States by David Belasco[5] and into several several films.

Photograph of Picard by Henri Manuel

He was born in Paris.[1] David Belasco adapted and produced his show Kiki.[6]

He was in the Legion of Honor.[7] He died in Paris.[1]

Theater

  • Jeunesse, adapted to the stage in the U.S. by H. B. Irving in 1906[8]
  • L' Ange (1910)[9]
  • Fugitive (1911)[10]
  • Mon Homme (1921), co-authored with Francis Carco
  • The Man in Evening Clothes
  • Kiki[11][12]

Filmography

References

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    "André Picard". id.oclc.org.
  2. [2]
    "Recherche – Base de données Léonore". www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr.
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    "Andre Picard, Playwright". The New York Times. 26 February 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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    Office, Library of Congress Copyright (15 September 1921). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series" – via Google Books.
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    "Theatre Magazine". Theatre Magazine Company. 15 September 1922 – via Google Books.
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    "Current opinion". Current Literature Publishing Company. 15 September 1921 – via Google Books.
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    "Ministère de la culture – Base Léonore". www2.culture.gouv.fr.
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    "The Athenaeum". J. Lection. 15 September 1906 – via Google Books.
  9. [9]
    Office, Library of Congress Copyright (15 September 1910). "Catalog of Copyright Entries". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  10. [10]
    "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". U.S. Government Printing Office. 15 September 1911 – via Google Books.
  11. [11]
    "Vanity Fair". University Microfilms. 15 September 1922 – via Google Books.
  12. [12]
    Belasco, David (1921). "Kiki": A Character Study. Adapted by David Belasco. From the French of André Picard.
  13. [13]
    "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". U.S. Government Printing Office. 15 September 1924 – via Google Books.
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