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Sardou Victorien
(1831—1908)
French dramatist. Author of some 70 plays, he won great popularity with his light comedies and pretentious historical pieces, but his reputation later declined. His best farce comedy is Divorçons! (1880, tr. 1881). Among his semihistorical melodramas are Patrie! (1869, tr. 1915) and Fédora (1882, tr. 1883), in which Sarah Bernhardt made her triumphant return to the Paris stage. Sardou’s other plays written for her are La Tosca (1887, tr. 1925), the source of Puccini’s opera, and Cléopâtre (1890). Two plays written for Sir Henry Irving, Robespierre (1899) and Dante (1903), were never given in French. Also among his plays in a lighter vein is Madame Sans-Gêne (1893, tr. 1901). Sardou was attacked for plagiarism but defended himself successfully. He was elected to the French Academy.
Austria, 1970, The Beggar Student
Austria, 1992, Scenes from «The Birdseller» and «The Beggar Student»
Bulgaria, 1947, Save Ogyanov as Napoleon
Bulgaria, 1970, Petur Raichev and «Tosca»
Cuba, 1989, Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra
Czech Republic, 2010, Theatrical posters of Sarah Bernardt
Fujeira, 1972, «Cleopatra»
Guinea Bissau, 2003, Pavarotti in «Tosca»
Italy, 2000, Tosca and Scenery
Monaco, 1994, Sarah Bernhardt
Mozambique, 2002, Pavarotti in «Tosca»
Nicaragua, 1975, Maria Callas as Toska
Nicaragua, 1975, Maria Callas as Toska
Rumania, 1964, Hariclea Darclee as Tosca
San-Marino, 1999, Tosca and Puccini
Sao Tome e Principe, 2008, Puccini and his operas
St. Vincent, 1997, Domingo in Puccini's Tosca
Uruguay, 2000, Puccini, «Tosca»
