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Henri LavedanHenri Lon Emile Lavedan (9 April 1859 - 30 September 1940), French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orlans, the son of Hubert Lon Lavedan, a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist. He contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Thtre Franais Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants. Later brilliant and witty pieces were: - Les Deux noblesses (1897)
- Catherine (1897)
- Le nouveau jeu (1898)
- Le Vieux marcheur (1899)
- Le Marquis de Priola (1902)
- Varennes (1904), written in collaboration with G. Lentre
- Le bon temps (1906)
- Lassassinat du duc de Guise (1908)
He had a great success with Le Duel (Comedie Franaise 1905), a powerful psychological study of the relations of two brothers. Lavedan was admitted to the Acadmie franaise in 1898. Lavedan, Henri Lon Emile Lavedan, Henri Lon Emile Lavedan, Henri Lon Emile
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