About Lucien Besnard
Lived 1872 – 1955 (aged 82–83). Lucien Besnard was a French playwright and literary critic.
Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872 – 1955) was a French playwright and drama critic.
Besnard was born in Nonancourt on 19 January 1872.
In 1932, Besnard adapted Im weißen Rößl, a German operetta by Ralph Benatzky, into French as L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc.
Besnard died in Paris in 1955. 1902: Le Domaine 1904: L'Affaire Grisel 1906: La Plus Amoureuse 1908: Mon ami Teddy 1909: Le Diable ermite 1910: La Folle enchère 1913: Je veux revoir ma Normandie 1924: L'homme qui n'est plus de ce monde 1926: Le Cœur partagé 1927: Dans l'ombre du harem
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French playwright
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Lucien Besnard was born on 19 January 1872 in Nonancourt.
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Lucien Besnard died in 1955 in Paris.
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Lucien Besnard was a playwright and literary critic.
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