Georges de Porto-Riche (20 May 1849, Bordeaux, Gironde â€" 5 September
1930, Paris) was a French dramatist and novelist.At the age of twenty,
his pieces in verse began to be produced at the Parisian theatres; he
also wrote some books of verse which met with a favorable reception,
but these early works were not reprinted. In Germaine, the passionate
and exacting heroine of Amoureuse, Mme Réjane found one of her best
parts.In 1898 he published Théâtre d'amour, which contained four of
his most celebrated pieces: La Chance de Françoise, L'Infidèle,
Amoureuse, and Le Passé. The title given to this collection indicates
the difference between the plays of Porto-Riche, which focus on human
emotion and psychological drama, and the political or sociological
pieces of many of his contemporaries. Even in Les Malefilâtres
(Odéon, 1904), whose characters are drawn from the working class,
love remains the central focus.
1930, Paris) was a French dramatist and novelist.At the age of twenty,
his pieces in verse began to be produced at the Parisian theatres; he
also wrote some books of verse which met with a favorable reception,
but these early works were not reprinted. In Germaine, the passionate
and exacting heroine of Amoureuse, Mme Réjane found one of her best
parts.In 1898 he published Théâtre d'amour, which contained four of
his most celebrated pieces: La Chance de Françoise, L'Infidèle,
Amoureuse, and Le Passé. The title given to this collection indicates
the difference between the plays of Porto-Riche, which focus on human
emotion and psychological drama, and the political or sociological
pieces of many of his contemporaries. Even in Les Malefilâtres
(Odéon, 1904), whose characters are drawn from the working class,
love remains the central focus.
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