Aurélien-Marie Lugné[1] (27 December 1869 â€" 19 June 1940), known
by his stage-name and pen name Lugné-Poe,[2] was a French actor,
theatre director, and scenic designer best known for his work at the
Théâtre de l'Å'uvre,[3] one of the first theatrical venues in France
to provide a home for the artists of the symbolist movement at the end
of the nineteenth century.[4] Most notably, Lugné-Poe introduced
French audiences to the Scandinavian playwrights August Strindberg and
Henrik Ibsen.[5]At age nineteen he entered the Paris Conservatoire and
joined the Théâtre Libre, a private naturalist theatre run by André
Antoine. He adopted the stage name Lugné-Poe in homage to Edgar Allan
Poe,[3] to whom he sometimes claimed to be distantly related.[6]He
organized a group of painters known as The Nabis, publicizing their
work in a series of articles.[6]He created La Maison de l'Å'uvre, also
known as Le Théâtre de l'Å'uvre, a private group of spectators and
experimental theatre that went against the naturalist movement and
contributed to the symbolist movement in theatre and to the discovery
of new playwrights.[citation needed]
by his stage-name and pen name Lugné-Poe,[2] was a French actor,
theatre director, and scenic designer best known for his work at the
Théâtre de l'Å'uvre,[3] one of the first theatrical venues in France
to provide a home for the artists of the symbolist movement at the end
of the nineteenth century.[4] Most notably, Lugné-Poe introduced
French audiences to the Scandinavian playwrights August Strindberg and
Henrik Ibsen.[5]At age nineteen he entered the Paris Conservatoire and
joined the Théâtre Libre, a private naturalist theatre run by André
Antoine. He adopted the stage name Lugné-Poe in homage to Edgar Allan
Poe,[3] to whom he sometimes claimed to be distantly related.[6]He
organized a group of painters known as The Nabis, publicizing their
work in a series of articles.[6]He created La Maison de l'Å'uvre, also
known as Le Théâtre de l'Å'uvre, a private group of spectators and
experimental theatre that went against the naturalist movement and
contributed to the symbolist movement in theatre and to the discovery
of new playwrights.[citation needed]
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