Aristide Félix Cohen (31 December 1831 – 17 February 1896) was a French dramatist and author.

Félix Cohen
BornAristide Félix Cohen
(1831-12-31)31 December 1831
Marseilles, Kingdom of France
Died17 February 1896(1896-02-17) (aged 64)
Paris, French Third Republic
OccupationDramatist, author
LanguageFrench
RelativesJules Cohen [fr] (brother)

He was made auditor of the Conseil d'État on 28 May 1855, and held this position until 1865.[1] His works include Étude sur les impôts et sur les budgets des principaux États de l'Europe (1865); Le club (1877); La flamboyante (1884), a comedy in three acts, written in collaboration with Paul Ferrier and Albin Valabrègue [fr]; Frappant!, a story in verse after the Provençal poet Gustave Bénédit [fr] (1887); La revanche du mari (1890), a vaudeville; Marion (1892), a comedy; and Le duc Jean (1893).[1] F. C. Burnand adapted from La flamboyante the comedy The Saucy Sally,[2] first performed at the Opera House in Southport in 1890.[3]

Publications

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  • Cohen, Félix (1865). Étude sur les impôts et sur les budgets des principaux États de l'Europe (in French). Paris: Paris Guillaumin et Cie.
  • Gondinet, Edmond; Cohen, Félix (1878). Le club; comédie en trois actes (in French). Paris: Michel Lévy Frères.
  • Ferrier, Paul; Cohen, Félix; Valabrègue, Albin (1884). La flamboyante; comédie en trois actes (in French). Paris: Tresse.
  • Ferrier, Paul; Cohen, Félix; Valabrègue, Albin (1884). The Blazer; Comedy in Three Acts. London: Farquharson Roberts & Phillips.
  • Cohen, Félix (1887). Frappant! Conte en vers, imité de Bénédit (poète provençal) (in French). Paris: Paul Ollendorff.
  • Cohen, Félix (1893). Brevet élémentaire; monologue (in French). Paris: Paul Ollendorff.
  • Cohen, Félix; Grenet-Dancourt, Ernest (1890). La Revanche du mari; comédie en trois actes (in French). Paris: Paul Ollendorff.
  • Cohen, Félix (1892). Marion; comédie en un acte (in French). Paris: Paul Ollendorff.
  • Perret, Paul; Cohen, Félix (1893). Le duc Jean (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy.
  • Perret, Paul; Cohen, Félix (1894). La duchesse Jean (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy.

References

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; Weill, Julien (1903). "Cohen, Félix". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 146.

  1. ^ a b   Singer, Isidore; Weill, Julien (1903). "Cohen, Félix". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 146.
  2. ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1890–1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-8108-9282-8.
  3. ^ Ledger, Edward, ed. (1893). "New Pieces Produced at the Provincial Theatres". The Era Almanack and Annual: 66.