Sardou

Sardou, VICTORIEN, was born in 1831. Educated for the medical profession, he was compelled by poverty to take to writing and teaching for a livelihood. In 1854 he produced a comedy, La Taverne des E'tudiants, which failed utterly. In 1859 appeared Les Premieres Armes de Figaro, and its success was followed up later in the year by Les Gens Nerveux at the Palais Royal. Among his best-known pieces are Les Pattes de Mouche, Nos Intimes, La Famille Benoiton Divorcons, Fedora, Theodora, Madame Sans-Gene, Pamela, and Robespierre. In 1877 he was elected an Academician.