Victor Gustave Quinson (21 January 1868 â€" 1 August 1943) was a
French playwright and theatre director.Born in Marseille,[1][2]
Quinson successively or even simultaneously directed, among others,
the Theatre moderne, the Gymnase, the Vaudeville, the
Bouffes-Parisiens and especially the Théâtre du Palais-Royal from
1910[3] to 1942. He is also the author of comedies and operettas in
collaboration with authors such as Pierre Veber, Tristan Bernard,
Albert Willemetz and especially Yves Mirande.In June 1919, he founded,
with Jacques Rouché, Alphonse Franck and Paul Gavault, the Société
amicale des directeurs de théâtre, of which Albert Carré was
appointed honorary president.He was knighted in the Legion of Honour
in 1920 and became an officer in 1925.
French playwright and theatre director.Born in Marseille,[1][2]
Quinson successively or even simultaneously directed, among others,
the Theatre moderne, the Gymnase, the Vaudeville, the
Bouffes-Parisiens and especially the Théâtre du Palais-Royal from
1910[3] to 1942. He is also the author of comedies and operettas in
collaboration with authors such as Pierre Veber, Tristan Bernard,
Albert Willemetz and especially Yves Mirande.In June 1919, he founded,
with Jacques Rouché, Alphonse Franck and Paul Gavault, the Société
amicale des directeurs de théâtre, of which Albert Carré was
appointed honorary president.He was knighted in the Legion of Honour
in 1920 and became an officer in 1925.
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