Édouard Bourdet

Édouard Bourdet (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 26 October 1887 – Paris, 17 January 1945) was a 20th-century French playwright.

He was married to the poet, Catherine Pozzi; their son was Claude Bourdet.

Plays

1910: Le Rubicon
1912: La Cage ouverte, Théâtre Michel
1922: L'Heure du berger ^[1]
1923: L'Homme enchaîné, play in 3 acts, Théâtre Fémina, 7 Novembre
1926: La Prisonnière, presented in London, New York and Vienna
1927: Vient de paraître, comedy in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 25 November
1929: Le Sexe faible, comedy in 3 acts which ran for nearly two years at the Théâtre de la Michodière, 10 December, and was also presented in Berlin
1932: La Fleur des pois, comedy in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 4 October
1934: Les Temps difficiles, play in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 30 January, revived at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Comédie-Française) from 22 November to 30 December 2006, arranged by Jean-Claude Berruti
1935: Margot, play in 2 acts, Théâtre Marigny, 26 November, with Pierre Fresnay, Jacques Dumesnil and Yvonne Printemps. Mise en scène was Pierre Fresnay's and the incidental music by Georges Auric and Francis Poulenc
1936: Fric-Frac, play in 5 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 15 October
1941: Hyménée, play in 4 acts, Théâtre de la Michodière, 7 May
1942: Père, Théâtre de la Michodière, 15 December

1933 : The Weaker Sex by Robert Siodmak, screenplay and dialogue after his play.

Denise Bourdet, Édouard Bourdet et ses amis, Jeune Parque, 1963
Roger Bordier, Édouard Bourdet ou le théâtre du défi, Les Éditions de l'Amandier, 2006
Bruno Tessarech, Villa blanche - A la recherche du temps perdu, Buchet Chastel, 2005

Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- (ca. 5 linear feet) are housed in the University of Michigan Special Collections Library. Contain correspondence with Édouard Bourdet.
Alexander Berkman Papers, 1892-1936 (4.05 meters) are held in the International Institute of Social History. Contain correspondence with Édouard Bourdet

↑ Play translated into the Portuguese language by Victoriano Braga, under the title A Hora do Amor

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