Alfred Capus (November 25, 1858 - November 1, 1922), French author, was born at Aix-en-Provence. November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Aix (prounounced eks), or, to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, Aix-en-Provence is a city in southern France, some 30 km north of Marseille. ...

In 1878 he published, in collaboration with L Vonoven, a volume of short stories, and in the next year the two produced a one-act piece, Le Mari malgre lui, at the Théâtre Cluny. He had been educated as an engineer, but became a journalist, and joined the staff of the Figaro newspaper in 1894. 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

His novels, Qui perd gagne (1890), Faux Depart (1891), Année des d'aventures (1895), which belong to this period, describe the struggles of three young men at the beginning of their career. From the first of these he took his first comedy, Brignol et sa fille (Vaudeville, November 23, 1894). 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Among his later plays are

• Innocent (1896), written with Alphonse Allais
• Petites folles (1897)
• Rosine (1897)
• Mariage bourgeois (1898)
• Les Maris de Leontine (1900)
• La Bourse ou la vie (1900)
• La Veine (1901)
• La Petite Fonctionnaire (1901)
• Les Deux Ecoles (1902)
• La Châtelaine (1902)
• L'Adversaire (1903), with Emmanuel Arène, which was produced in London by George Alexander as The Man of the Moment
• Notre Jeunesse (1904), the first of his plays to be represented at the Théâtre Français
• Monsieur Piegois (1905)
• in collaboration with Lucien Descaves, L'Attentat (1906)

See Edouard Quet, Alfred Capus (1904), with appreciations by various authors, in the series of Célébrités d'aujourd'hui. Alphonse Allais (October 20, 1854 - October 28, 1905) was a French writer and humorist, born in Honfleur, Calvados. ... this is an article about George Alexander the actor, for the 2000th US soldier killed in Iraq, see George Alexander (US Army soldier) Sir George Alexander (né George Samson) (June 18, 1858 - 1918) was a British actor and stage manager born in Reading, England. ... The Comédie-Française or Théâtre français is the only state theater in France. ...

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