Émile Fabre (24 March 1869 in Metz, France â€" 25 September 1955 in
Paris) was a French playwright and general administrator of the
Comédie-Française from 1915 to1936.[1]:227 He was greatly influenced
by Balzac as a young man, and most of his best-known plays deal with
the sacrifice of personal happiness to the pursuit of wealth.[2] He
also wrote the libretto for Xavier Leroux's opera Les cadeaux de Noël
(The Christmas Gifts) which was a great success when it premiered in
Paris in 1915.[3]Fabre was appointed general administrator of the
Comédie-Française on 2 December 1915.[1]:227 According to Susan
McCready,
Paris) was a French playwright and general administrator of the
Comédie-Française from 1915 to1936.[1]:227 He was greatly influenced
by Balzac as a young man, and most of his best-known plays deal with
the sacrifice of personal happiness to the pursuit of wealth.[2] He
also wrote the libretto for Xavier Leroux's opera Les cadeaux de Noël
(The Christmas Gifts) which was a great success when it premiered in
Paris in 1915.[3]Fabre was appointed general administrator of the
Comédie-Française on 2 December 1915.[1]:227 According to Susan
McCready,
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