Max Maurey
Max Maurey | |
---|---|
Portrait of Max Maurey. | |
Born | 1866 |
Died | 1947 |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, theatre manager |
Max Maurey was a French playwright born in Paris in 1866 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1947. He was also the theatre manager of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1914 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1947, and director of the Théâtre du Grand Guignol from 1898 to 1914.
Biographical notes
He was an engineer, graduated from the École des mines and the École centrale des Arts et Manufactures. In 1897, he became managing director of the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, a venue for which he wrote L'Atroce Volupté in collaboration with Georges Neveux.
In 1914, he became director of the Théâtre des Variétés and would remain in that position until his death. On 9 October 1928, Topaze by Marcel Pagnol was premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés (with André Lefaur, Pauley, Pierre Larquey and Marcel Vallée in the main roles) and was met with great success [1]
In 1935, he was best man at the marriage of Sacha Guitry and Jacqueline Delubac.
He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1947.
He had three children:
- Monique Maurey (1907–1998), who married Max Hymans,
- Denis Maurey (1910–1984),
- Marcel Maurey (1914–2003).
Distinctions
- Commandeur of the Legion of honour
- Honorary President of the Union of Parisian theaters directors.
- An avenue of Antibes, located at the entrance of the Cap bears his name, not far from the avenue Henri Duvernois who was a close friend.
References
- ^ Raymond Castans, Marcel Pagnol, Éditions de Fallois, 1995
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with hCards
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NKC identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- Articles with PLWABN identifiers
- Articles with DTBIO identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- French theatre managers and producers
- Writers from Paris
- 1866 births
- 1947 deaths
- Commanders of the Legion of Honour