Eugène Héros


Eugène Héros was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Biography

A lawyer and member of Le Chat noir, he collaborated among others to Le Figaro and to La France and became managing director of the Théâtre du Palais Royal then of the Scala. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th and begin of the 20th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre de Cluny, the Palais Royal, the Théâtre de la Renaissance, the Bataclan, and Bobino.
A founder of the magazine Le Gueux, several of his songs were published in La Rampe and Gil-Blas illustrated, from 1892 to 1900. They were performed among others by Jean Sablon or Jeannette Levasseur.

Works

;Theatre
;Songs
;Autres