Antony Mars
Born	22 October 1861 Vence, France
Died	17 February 1915(1915-02-17) (aged 53) Paris, France
Occupation	Playwright
Years active	1885 – 1923

Antony Mars (22 October 1861 – 17 February 1915) was a French playwright

Biography

After he studied at a high school in Marseille, Antony March became a lawyer's clerk then an employee at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. En 1882, he collaborated with several newspapers: La Cocarde, Le Mot d'ordre, Le Réveil (1882-1884).^[1]

A friend of Paul Morisse and Raymond Bonheur,^[2] he made his debut in theatre in Le Havre in 1885 with Les Droits de la femme.^[3] He obtained many successes in his time but today his most famous play remains Les Surprises du divorce written in 1888 with Alexandre Bisson.

Works

He left a great number of plays, staged on the most famous Parisian venues: Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Théâtre de Cluny, théâtre du Palais-Royal, théâtre du Gymnase or else Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, often presented again in the 1910s-1950s.

Filmography

• Les Surprises du divorce [fr], directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1912, short film, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
• Le Fils à papa, directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1913, short film, based on Le Fils à papa)
• Le Voyage de Corbillon, directed by Georges Monca and Charles Prince (France, 1914, short film, based on Le Voyage de Corbillon)
• I mariti allegri, directed by Camillo De Riso (Italy, 1914, short film, based on Les Maris sans femmes)
• L'ammiraglia, directed by Nino Oxilia (Italy, 1914, short film, based on Madame l'Amirale)
• The Girl in the Taxi, directed by Lloyd Ingraham (1921, based on Le Fils à papa)
• Le sorprese del divorzio [it], directed by Guido Brignone (Italy, 1923, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
• Chaste Susanne, directed by Richard Eichberg (Germany, 1926, based on Le Fils à papa)
• I 28 giorni di Claretta, directed by Eugenio Perego (Italy, 1927, based on Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette)
• Billeting Order, directed by Charles-Félix Tavano (France, 1932, based on Le Billet de logement)
• Les Surprises du divorce [fr], directed by Jean Kemm (France, 1933, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
• Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette [fr], directed by André Hugon (France, 1933, based on Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette)
• Min svärmor - dansösen [sv], directed by Thor L. Brooks [sv] (Sweden, 1936, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
• La Chaste Suzanne [fr], directed by André Berthomieu (France, 1937, based on Le Fils à papa)
  • The Girl in the Taxi, directed by André Berthomieu (UK, 1937, based on Le Fils à papa)
• Le sorprese del divorzio [it], directed by Guido Brignone (Italy, 1939, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
• Las sorpresas del divorcio [es], directed by Roberto Ratto [es] (Argentina, 1943, based on Les Surprises du divorce)
• La Casta Susana, directed by Benito Perojo (Argentina, 1944, based on Le Fils à papa)
• La Casta Susana [fr], directed by Luis César Amadori (Spain, 1963, based on Le Fils à papa)

References

Bibliography

• Hugo P. Thieme, Guide bibliographique de la littérature française de 1800 à 1906, 1907
• Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes, 1963, p. 121
• Kurt Gänzl, The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, vol.2, 2001, p. 13