About Nicolas Nancey
Lived 1874 – 1925 (aged 51). Nicolas Nancey was a French playwright, screenwriter and writer.
Nicolas Nancey, real name Nicolas Zouros, (1874 – 13 October 1925) was a French dramatist and screenwriter.
Once referred to as a successor of Eugène Labiche and Georges Feydeau, he wrote fifteen plays in the vaudeville as well as boulevard genre, in collaboration with dramatists such as Paul Armont, Henry de Gorsse or André Mouëzy-Éon.
Theatre 1916: La Ventouse, one-act play cowritten with Jean Manoussi 1925: Un petit nez retroussé, comédie-vaudeville in four acts cowritten with André Birabeau
in collaboration with Paul Armont 1905: Le Truc du Brésilien 1906: Le Trèfle à quatre 1909: Théodore et Cie 1920: Le Zèbre
in collaboration with Jean Rioux 1912: Pétoche, vaudeville in two acts 1913: Monsieur le juge, vaudeville in four acts 1914: Faute de grives, vaudeville in one act
in collaboration with André Mouëzy-Éon 1919: L'Héritier du bal Tabarin 1925: Il est cocu, le chef de gare
in collaboration with Henry de Gorsse 1921: Trois poules pour un coq, vaudeville in 3 acts 1921: Oscar ! Tu le seras, vaudeville in 3 acts 1922: Le Coup d'Abélard, vaudeville in 3 acts 1923: Un homme de paille, vaudeville in 3 acts La Petite Dame du wagon-lit
Filmography 1916: , directed by Filippo Castamagna, based on the play Le Truc du Brésilien 1920: The Glad Eye, directed by Kenelm Foss and James Reardon, based on the play Le Zèbre 1923: À la gare, directed by Robert Saidreau 1925: Teodoro e socio, directed by Mario Bonnard, based on the play Théodore et Cie 1927: The Glad Eye, directed by Maurice Elvey, based on the play Le Zèbre 1932: Le Truc du Brésilien, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, based on the play Le Truc du Brésilien 1932: Ah! Quelle gare!, directed by René Guissart, based on the play Il est cocu, le chef de gare 1933: Theodore and Company, directed by Pierre Colombier, based on the play Théodore et Cie 1933: L'Héritier du bal Tabarin, directed by Jean Kemm, based on the play L'Héritier du bal Tabarin 1936: La Petite Dame du wagon-lit, directed by Maurice Cammage, based on the play La Petite Dame du wagon-lit 1939: Un mare di guai, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, based on the play Théodore et Cie 1941: Station Master, directed by Jan Sviták, based on the play Il est cocu, le chef de gare 1946: , directed by Eduardo Boneo, based on the play Il est cocu, le chef de gare
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Who was Nicolas Nancey?
French playwright (1874-1925)
When was Nicolas Nancey born?
Nicolas Nancey was born on 21 May 1874 in Marseille.
When did Nicolas Nancey die?
Nicolas Nancey died on 8 October 1925 in Bagnères-de-Luchon.
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Nicolas Nancey was a playwright, screenwriter and writer.
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Nicolas Nancey was French.
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