Félix Henri Duquesnel (2 July 1832 â€" 28 April 1915) was a French
journalist, playwright and novelist.He studied at the College Rollin,
then at the Faculty of Law and was admitted to the bar which he
quickly left to turn to journalism.A journalist at L'Illustration, Je
sais tout or Le Gaulois among other newspapers, Duquesne was theatre
manager of the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1866, of the Théâtre du
Châtelet (with Émile Rochard) (1880-1882), then of the Théâtre de
la Porte Saint-Martin from 1884 to 1893. His plays were presented on
the most significant Parisian stages of his time, including the
Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the
Théâtre des Capucines.He left an important correspondence with
numerous personalities of the nineteenth century such as Émile
Augier, Gustave Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve, Jules Sandeau, Adolphe
d'Ennery, Xavier de Montépin, Jules Verne,[1] Alexandre Dumas,
Georges Sand.
journalist, playwright and novelist.He studied at the College Rollin,
then at the Faculty of Law and was admitted to the bar which he
quickly left to turn to journalism.A journalist at L'Illustration, Je
sais tout or Le Gaulois among other newspapers, Duquesne was theatre
manager of the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1866, of the Théâtre du
Châtelet (with Émile Rochard) (1880-1882), then of the Théâtre de
la Porte Saint-Martin from 1884 to 1893. His plays were presented on
the most significant Parisian stages of his time, including the
Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the
Théâtre des Capucines.He left an important correspondence with
numerous personalities of the nineteenth century such as Émile
Augier, Gustave Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve, Jules Sandeau, Adolphe
d'Ennery, Xavier de Montépin, Jules Verne,[1] Alexandre Dumas,
Georges Sand.
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