{{Infobox person | name = Antony Mars | image = Anthony Mars.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 22 October 1861 | birth_place = Vence, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1915|02|17|1861|10|22}} | death_place =Paris, France | othername = | occupation = Playwright | years_active = 1885 – 1923 | spouse = | signature = }}

'''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).<ref>Christophe Charle, ''Théâtres en capitales'', Albin Michel, 2008, p.168</ref>

A friend of Paul Morisse and Raymond Bonheur,<ref>Guillaume Labussière, ''Raymond Bonheur, 1861-1939'', L'Harmattan, 2005, p.193</ref> he made his debut in theatre in Le Havre in 1885 with ''Les Droits de la femme''.<ref>Henry Gidel, ''Le Vaudeville'', PUF, 1986, p.91</ref> 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. {{div col}} *1885: ''Un enlèvement'', monologue comique *1887: ''Quand on conspire !'', opérette bouffe in 1 act *1887: ''Tête folle'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts with distincts and music *1888: ''Les Deux Pigeons'', play in 2 acts, with songs and music, for young girls *1888: ''Veuve Durosel ! ...'', comedy in 1 act *1889: ''La Meunière du Moulin-joli'', play in 2 acts, with chorus and distincts *1889: ''Les Maris sans femmes'', comedy in 3 acts *1889: ''Le Secret des Pardhaillan'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act *1889: ''Les Surprises du divorce'', comedy in 3 acts, with Alexandre Bisson *1890: ''À la salle de police'', saynète *1890: ''Les Douze Femmes de Japhet'', vaudeville opérette in three acts *1890: ''Un monsieur qui dîne en ville'', comedy in 1 act *1890: ''Les Vieux Maris'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts *1891: ''La Demoiselle du téléphone'' *1891: ''Le Mitron'' *1892: ''Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette'', vaudeville-operetta in 4 acts *1892: ''La Bonne de chez Duval'' *1892: ''3, rue de la Pompe'' *1893: ''L'Homme à l'oreille cassée'' *1893: ''Un conte bleu'', operetta in 3 acts *1894: ''Barbotin et Picquoiseau'', comédie en vaudevilles in two acts *1894: ''Monsieur Gavroche'', comédie en vaudevilles in two acts with chorus and distincts *1895: ''La Dot de Brigitte'', operetta in 3 acts *1896: ''Le Voyage de Corbillon'' *1896: ''L'Hôtel du lac'', vaudeville in two acts *1896: ''Le Mari d'Hortense'', comedy in 1 act *1896: ''Rose et Blanche'', comedy in two acts, with chorus and distincts *1896: ''Sa majesté l'amour'', operetta with extravaganza in 3 acts *1896: ''Le Truc de Séraphin'', comedy in three acts, with Maurice Desvallières *1897: ''Les Fêtards'', operetta in 3 acts, with Maurice Hennequin *1897: ''La Succession Beaugaillard'', comédie en vaudevilles in three acts *1898: ''Le Docteur Oscar'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1899: ''La Mouche'' *1899: ''La Poule blanche'' *1899: ''La Meunière du Moulin-joli'', comedy in 2 acts, with chorus and distincts *1901: ''Le Billet de logement'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts *1902: ''La Petite Cendrillon'', operetta in 2 acts *1903: ''La Marmotte'' *1906: ''Le Fils à papa'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Maurice Desvallières *1909: ''La Revanche d'Ève'' *1911: ''Madame l'Amirale'' *1911: ''La Roue de la fortune'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts *1911: ''Mon ami Chose !...'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, for young men *1912: ''Son Altesse'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts *1913: ''La Chaste Suzanne'', operetta in 3 acts (a French version of ''Die keusche Susanne'' which is based on ''Le Fils à papa'', 1906) *1923: ''La Mort d'Arthème Lapin'', drame parodique (mélimélodrama) in 1 act {{div col end}}

==Filmography== *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Surprises du divorce (1912 film)|fr|3=Les Surprises du divorce (film, 1912)|lt=Les Surprises du divorce}}'', 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'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Le sorprese del divorzio (1923 film)|it|3=Le sorprese del divorzio (film 1923)|lt=Le sorprese del divorzio}}'', 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'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Surprises du divorce (1933 film)|fr|3=Les Surprises du divorce (film, 1933)|lt=Les Surprises du divorce}}'', directed by Jean Kemm (France, 1933, based on ''Les Surprises du divorce'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette|fr|3=Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette (film, 1933)|lt=Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette}}'', directed by André Hugon (France, 1933, based on ''Les Vingt-huit Jours de Clairette'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Min svärmor - dansösen|sv}}'', directed by {{Interlanguage link multi|Thor L. Brooks|sv}} (Sweden, 1936, based on ''Les Surprises du divorce'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|La Chaste Suzanne (1937 film)|fr|3=La Chaste Suzanne (film, 1937)|lt=La Chaste Suzanne}}'', 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'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Le sorprese del divorzio (1939 film)|it|3=Le sorprese del divorzio (film 1939)|lt=Le sorprese del divorzio}}'', directed by Guido Brignone (Italy, 1939, based on ''Les Surprises du divorce'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|Las sorpresas del divorcio|es}}'', directed by {{Interlanguage link multi|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'') *''{{Interlanguage link multi|La Casta Susana (1963 film)|fr|3=La Chaste Suzanne (film, 1963)|lt=La Casta Susana}}'', directed by Luis César Amadori (Spain, 1963, based on ''Le Fils à papa'')

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Hugo P. Thieme, ''Guide bibliographique de la littérature française de 1800 à 1906'', 1907 * ''Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes'', 1963, p.&nbsp;121 * Kurt Gänzl, ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre'', vol.2, 2001, p.&nbsp;13 <!-- primary source :fr:template:plume -->

=== External links === * [http://data.bnf.fr/14654815/antony_mars/ Antony Mars] on data.bnf.fr * {{IMDb name|550304}} {{Authority control}}

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