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Maurice Donnay

French dramatist
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Maurice-Charles Donnay
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October 12, 1859, Paris, France
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March 31, 1945, Paris (aged 85)
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Maurice Donnay (born October 12, 1859, Paris, France—died March 31, 1945, Paris) was a French playwright whose dramas deal with love and adultery, social problems, and the manners of his time. Donnay was born into a wealthy family and originally trained to be a civil engineer. His dramatic career began with monologues written for the literary cabaret Le Chat-Noir. He made his name in the theatre with Amants (1895; “Lovers”), one of his best plays and the first work of a series called “Théâtre d’Amour,” which also includes La Douloureuse (1897) and L’Affranchie (1898), both of which are dramas about ...(100 of 163 words)

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