Bernard Joseph Soren (1706-1781) - French playwright .
| Bernard Joseph Soren | |
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| fr. Bernard-Joseph Saurin | |
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| Date of Birth | 1706 |
| Place of Birth | Paris |
| Date of death | November 17, 1781 |
| Place of death | Paris |
| Citizenship | France |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Genre | tragedy, comedy |
| Language of Works | French |
Biography
The son of mathematician Joseph Soren, the nephew of theologian Eli Soren . In his youth, he worked as a lawyer for the Paris Parliament , but at the age of about 40, he resigned and focused on literary work [1] . He was a friend of Voltaire and Helvetius , the latter paid Soren a pension [2] . In 1761 he was elected to the French Academy .
Of the plays of Soren, the most famous are Spartak (1760) and Beverly (1768). “Spartacus” - one of the first works dedicated to the leader of the uprising of slaves and gladiators in Ancient Rome - was staged in almost all theatrical centers of Europe at that time and was highly appreciated by Voltaire, who considered the play worked out “in the workshop of the great Cornell” [3] . At the same time, Soren himself noted the continuity of his Spartacus to the images of Cornelian Nycomed and Sertorius [4] .
"Beverly" - a tragedy about a man obsessed with a passion for a card game - was a rework of E. Moore 's drama "The Player". In the 17th century, Soren’s play was staged several times in Russia (translated by I. A. Dmitrevsky ), and A. N. Radishchev reflected the impression of one of the productions in his “Diary of a Week” [5] .
In 1783, the Complete Works (Oeuvres complètes) of the writer was published (reprinted in 1812 with a biographical note by Fayol).
Notes
- ↑ De l'éloquence à la polémique: les discours de réception prononcés dans l'Académie française et autour de l'Académie française, entre 1746 et 1789. Annexes: première partie: 1746-1774 / Pierre Volut, Villeneqve Press'A universitaires du Septentrion, 1999
- ↑ Abraham Rees. The Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature. Vol 31 (S - Scotium). London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1819
- ↑ Mishulin A.V. Spartak. Popular science essay. Edited by S. L. Utchenko. M .: Uchpedgiz, 1950
- ↑ History of West European Theater: Textbook. allowance for theatrical faculty. higher theater. textbook. institutions / Comp. Department of History of Foreign Theater Institute of Theater. art them. A.V. Lunacharsky; Under the total. ed. and with input. S. S. Mokulsky. - M.: Art. T. 2 / Ed. S. S. Mokulsky. - 1957
- ↑ A. Zorin Once again about the “Diary of a Week” by A. N. Radishchev: dating, genre, biographical issues // UFO, 2012, 113
Links
- Soren, Eli // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.