20 October 2016

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (continued): #14: Henry Becque


'HENRY BECQUE
AUTEUR DRAMATIQUE
1837 – 1899'

Henry Becque is thought of as the founder of 'théâtre cruel', and is best known for his realist play Les Corbeaux (1882), concerning human vultures moving in for major finds after the death of a rich man.

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