Henri-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein (20 June 1876 in Paris â€" 27
November 1953 in Paris) was a French playwright associated with
Boulevard theatre.Bernstein was born in Paris. His earliest plays,
including La Rafale (1905), Le Voleur (1907), Samson (1908), Israël
(1908), and Le Secret (1913), are written in a realistic style and
powerfully depict harsh realities of modern life and society.[1]The
far-right royalist Camelots du Roi youth organization of the Action
française organized an anti-Semitic riot against a production of one
of his plays in 1911. During the Second World War, he fled to the
United States[1] and lived in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria.
Jean-Pierre Aumont relates in his work Le Soleil et les Ombres (Robert
Laffont, 1976) the luxury in which he lived, as well as his general
lack of interest in the war.He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy in
Paris.
November 1953 in Paris) was a French playwright associated with
Boulevard theatre.Bernstein was born in Paris. His earliest plays,
including La Rafale (1905), Le Voleur (1907), Samson (1908), Israël
(1908), and Le Secret (1913), are written in a realistic style and
powerfully depict harsh realities of modern life and society.[1]The
far-right royalist Camelots du Roi youth organization of the Action
française organized an anti-Semitic riot against a production of one
of his plays in 1911. During the Second World War, he fled to the
United States[1] and lived in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria.
Jean-Pierre Aumont relates in his work Le Soleil et les Ombres (Robert
Laffont, 1976) the luxury in which he lived, as well as his general
lack of interest in the war.He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy in
Paris.
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