Saint-Georges de Bouhélier

Saint-Georges de Bouhélier by Charles Gir (1919)

Stéphane-Georges Lepelletier de Bouhélier (Rueil 19 May 1876 - Montreux 20 December 1947) known as Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, was a French poet and dramatist.

Works

• Chant d'apothéose pour Victor Hugo (for the Hugo centenary) with music by Gustave Charpentier (1902)
• adaption of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, directed by Firmin Gémier at the Cirque d'Hiver in 1919, London 1920^[1][2]

References

1. The New Statesman - Volume 15 - Page 197 1920 "Saint-Georges de Bouhélier was an adaptation of Sophocles which aimed at giving the story a “larger, a more popular, a more human signification.” But if you set about to rejuvenate a work of art, to renew its appeal, to make it more human, ..."
2. The London Stage 1920–1929: A Calendar of Productions J. P. Wearing - 0810893029 2014 Page 38 "Saint-Georges de Bouhélier was present for the 20/6 performance. The 21/6 matinée was in aid of the Save-the Children Fund and specifically Serbian children. New Age noted that “the attendance was miserably small” for the matinée. 20.225 ..."