Louis de Gramont
Louis Ferdinand de Gramont was a French journalist, dramatist, and librettist. He was a son of Ferdinand de Gramont.
Gramont was born in Sèvres and finished his studies at the college there, then entered the School of Law. He pursued journalism and wrote for such periodicals as Radical, L'Éclair, La Presse, Petit bleu, L'Aurore, and La Cocarde, and, in 1890, became a writer for L'Intransigent. He was also critic of drama and music. Gramont died in Paris in 1912.
He wrote the following plays or opera libretti:
- L'orage, comedy
- Othello, drama after Shakespeare
- Rolande, drama
- Loulou
- Esclarmonde, co-author with Alfred Blau, libretto to the opera by Jules Massenet
- Lucienne, drama
- La locataire de Mme Biou
- Simone, drama
- Évangéline, légende acadienne, music by Xavier Leroux
- Astarté, opera libretto to music by Xavier Leroux
- Vénus et Adonis, légende lyrique, music by Xavier Leroux
- William Ratcliff, drama, music by Xavier Leroux
- Jules César, drama after Shakespeare
