Armand Salacrou
French dramatist born Rouen August 8, 1899.
Stage Works
Unless otherwise noted, the plays were first performed in Paris.
- La boule de verre (The Glass Bull). Play, 1 act. Published 1924.
- Le casseur d'assiettes (The Plate Breaker). Play, 1 act. Published 1925.
- Tour à terre (Shore Leave). Play, 3 acts. Published 1929. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Dec. 24, 1925.
- Le pont de l'Europe (The Bridge of Europe). Play, 3 acts. Published 1929. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Dec. 24, 1925.
- Patchouli. Play, 3 acts. Published 1930. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, Jan. 22, 1930.
- Atlas-Hâtel. Play, 3 acts. Published 1931. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, Apr. 15, 1931.
- La vie en rose (A Rosy Life). Impromptu, 1 act. Published 1936. Produced Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Dec. 3, 1931.
- Une femme libre (A Free Woman). Play, 3 acts. Published 1934. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Oct. 4, 1934.
- Les frénétiques (The Frenzied Ones). Play, 5 tableaux. Published 1935. Produced Théâtre Daunou, Dec. 5, 1934.
- L'inconnue d'Arras (The Unknown Woman, of Arras). Play, 3 acts. Published 1936. Produced Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Nov. 22, 1935.
- Un homme comme les autres (A Man Like the Others). Play, 3 acts. Published 1937. Produced Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Nov. 23, 1936.
- La terre est ronde (The World Is Round). Play, 3 acts. Published 1938. Produced Théâtre de l'Atelier, Nov. 7, 1938.
- Histoire de rire (When the Music Stops). Dramatic farce, 3 acts. Published 1940. Produced Théâtre de la Madeleine, Dec. 22, 1939.
- La Marguerite (Marguerite). Play, 1 act. Published 1941. Produced Théâtre Pigalle, Oct. 28, 1944.
- Les fiancés du Havre (The Fiancés of Le Havre). Play, 3 acts. Published 1944. Produced Comédie-Française, Dec. 10, 1944.
- Le soldat et la sorcière (The Soldier and the Witch). Historical divertissement, 2 parts. Published 1946. Produced Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Dec. 5, 1945.
- Les nuits de la colère (Nights of Anger). Play. Produced Théâtre Marigny, Dec. 12, 1946.
- L'Archipel Lenoir, ou Il ne faut pas toucher aux chases immobiles (The Lenoir Archipelago, or One Must Not Touch Immobile Things). Comedy, 2 parts. Published 1946. Produced Théâtre Montparnasse, Nov. 8, 1947.
- Pourquoi pas moi? (Why Not Me?). Play, 1 act. Produced Brussels, ThMtre du Rideau, Sept. 4, 1948; Paris, Théâtre tdouard VII, Oct. 26, 1950.
- Poof. Comedy ballet, 1 long act. Produced Théâtre Édouard VII, Oct. 26, 1950.
- Dieu le savait, on La vie n'est pas sérieuse (God Knew It, or Life Isn't Serious). Play, 3 acts. Published 1951. Produced Théâtre Saint-Georges, Dec. 2, 1950.
- Sens interdit, ou Les ages de la vie (No Entry, or The Ages of Life). Psychodrama, 1 act. Published 1952. Produced Théâtre du QuartierLatin, Jan. 6, 1953.
- Les invites du bon Dieu (God's Guests). Vaudeville, 3 acts. Published 1953. Produced Théâtre Saint-Georges, Sept. 23, 1953.
- Le miroir (The Mirror). Play, 4 acts. Published 1956. Produced Théâtre des Ambassadeurs, Sept. 21, 1956.
- Une femme trop honnête (Too Honest a Woman). Play, 3 acts. Published 1956. Produced Théâtre Édouard VII, December, 1956.
- Boulevard Durand. Drama, 2 parts. Published 1960. Produced Liège, 1971.
- Comme des chardons (Like Thistles). Play. Produced Com6dieFrançaise, Oct. 18, 1964.
- Histoire de cirque (Circus Story). Play. Def. ed. 1977
- La rue noire (The Black Street). Play. Produced 1967.
- Poof. Comedy-ballet for television, 1973.
Criticism:
- J. Van den Esch, Armand Salacrou, dramaturge de l'angoisse, Paris, 1947;
- S. Radine, Anouilh, Lenormand, Salacrou: Trois dramaturges à la recherche de leur vérité, Geneva, 1951;
- F. di Franca, Le théâtre de Salacrou, Paris, 1970;
- A. Ubersfeld, Armand Salacrou, Paris, 1970;
- B. Bébon, Salacrou, Paris, 1971.