Victor de Cottens (21 August 1862 â€" 26 February 1956) was a French
dramatist, librettist, stage director, and theatre critic.De Cottens
was born in Paris.[1] For the Folies Bergère, he directed every
edition of the Revue des Folies-Bergère produced by Émile and
Vincent Isola; each of these revues offered various acts linked by two
commentators, the commère and compère.[2] Between 1908 and 1911, he
and H. B. Marinelli ran the Olympia music hall in Paris.[3] He and E.
Danancier collaborated as interim directors of the Théâtre du
Vaudeville in Paris when that theatre, closed at the beginning of the
First World War, reopened on 2 April 1915.[4]He died in Paris in
1956.[1]
dramatist, librettist, stage director, and theatre critic.De Cottens
was born in Paris.[1] For the Folies Bergère, he directed every
edition of the Revue des Folies-Bergère produced by Émile and
Vincent Isola; each of these revues offered various acts linked by two
commentators, the commère and compère.[2] Between 1908 and 1911, he
and H. B. Marinelli ran the Olympia music hall in Paris.[3] He and E.
Danancier collaborated as interim directors of the Théâtre du
Vaudeville in Paris when that theatre, closed at the beginning of the
First World War, reopened on 2 April 1915.[4]He died in Paris in
1956.[1]
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