{{short description|French playwright}} [[File:Pierre Wolff 001.jpg|thumb|160px|Pierre Wolff by Paul Boyer {{circa|1905}}]] '''Pierre Wolff''' born ( January 1st 1865 Paris, France – July 27th 1944 16th arrondissment, Paris, France ) was a French playwright.<ref name=cyc/>
==Biography== [[File:Mme Nazimova and Frank Gillmore in Pierre Wolff’s Comedy “The Marionettes” at the Lyceum Theatre.jpg|thumb|Nazimova and Frank Gillmore in the Broadway production of ''The Marionettes'' (1911)]] Pierre Wolff was a Jewish writer, who wrote numerous plays, as well as some libretti for operettas. He was the nephew of journalist Albert Wolff. His dramas were characterized by bitingly ironic observation of contemporary life, and by witty dialogue.<ref name=cyc>Frank Moore Colby; Talcott Williams, editors (1918) "Wolff, Pierre", [https://books.google.com/books?id=qnANAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA671 ''The New International Encyclopædia'', Vol. 23, p. 671], Dodd, Mead and Co., New York</ref> One of his earliest plays, ''Jacques Bouchard'' (1890) which was performed at Théâtre Libre, was such a flop that even his famous uncle lambasted it, but his subsequent plays were received with enthusiasm.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qYA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA442 "Small Talk of the Boulevards"] (April 12, 1905) ''The Sketch'', Vol. 49, No. 637, p. 442, London</ref> He had great success with the adultery-themed comedy ''The Secret of Polichinelle'',<ref>Alfred Jarry (1903) "Les Theatres", ''Revue Blanche'', Vol. 30, p. 155 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> which played in over 80 cities including in the United States, and also with ''Le Ruisseau''.<ref name=ruisseau/> Nazimova performed in ''Les Marionnettes'' when it was produced in the United States.<ref>Barrett H. Clarke, translator (1914) "Antoine and the 'Free Theatre{{'"}}, ''Four Plays of the Free Theater'', Stewart & Kidd Co., Cincinnati</ref>
==Works== ===Plays=== {{div col}} * ''Le Cheval d'Aristote'' 1890 * ''Jacques Bouchard'', 1890<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=E_MNAAAAYAAJ ''Jacques Bouchard''] (1890) Tresse & Stock, Paris</ref> * ''Leurs filles'', 1891<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=evINAAAAYAAJ ''Leurs filles''] (1891)</ref> * ''Les Maris de leurs filles'' 1892<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_fINAAAAYAAJ ''Les Maris de leurs filles''] (1892)</ref> * ''Celles qu'on respecte'', 1892 * ''Celles qu'on aime'', 1895 * ''Fidèle!'', 1895 * ''Amants et maîtresses'' 1896<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=x3o5AQAAMAAJ ''Amants et maîtresses''] (1896)</ref> * ''Le Boulet'', 1898 * ''Le Béguin'', 1900 * ''Vive l'armée!'', 1901 * ''Sacré Léonce!'', 1901 * ''Le Cadre'', 1902 *''Celles qu'on respecte'' 1903<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9Rg7AQAAMAAJ ''Celles qu'on respecte''] (1903)</ref> * ''The Secret of Polichinelle'', 1903 * ''L'Âge d'aimer'' 1905<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hME_AAAAYAAJ ''L'Âge d'aimer''] (22 April 1905) ''Illustration Théatrale'', No. 10, Paris</ref> * ''Le Ruisseau'', 1907<ref name=ruisseau>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iik_AAAAYAAJ ''Le Ruisseau''] (1907)</ref> * ''Le Lys'', 1908 * ''La Cruche'', or ''J'en ai plein le dos de Margot'' 1909 * ''Les Marionnettes'' 1910<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IiHmAAAAMAAJ ''Les Marionnettes''] (1910)</ref> * ''L'Amour défendu'' 1911 * ''Les Deux Gloires'' 1916 * ''Le Voile déchiré'' 1919 * ''Les Ailes brisées'' 1920<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=abE4AQAAMAAJ ''Les Ailes brisées''] (1920)</ref> * ''Le Chemin de Damas'' 1921<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5pM7AQAAMAAJ ''Le Chemin de Damas''] (1922)</ref> * ''Une sacré petite blonde'' with André Birabeau 1921 * ''Les Deux amants'' 1922 * ''L'École des amants'' 1923 * ''After Love'', with Henri Duvernois 1924 * ''Le Renard'', 1925 * ''Deux hommes'', 1 act, 1926 * ''Dibengo'', with Henri Duvernois 1925 * ''Le Dernier Client'', 1 act, 1928 * ''Dix minutes sur la terre'', rewrite 1929 *'' L'Invité'', 1 act 1929 * ''La Belle de nuit'' 1932 * ''Les Deux vieilles'', 1 act, 1932 * ''L'Inroulable'', 1 act {{div col end}}
===Librettist=== * ''Le Temps d'aimer'', operetta in 3 actes, with Henri Duvernois, lyrics Hugues Delorme, music Reynaldo Hahn 1926 * ''Moineau'', operetta in 3 actes, with Henri Duvernois, lyrics Léon Guillot de Saix, music Louis Beydts, 1931
== Filmography == *''{{Interlanguage link|The Marionettes (1918 film)|it|3=The Marionettes (film 1918)|lt=The Marionettes}}'', directed by Émile Chautard (1918, based on the play ''Les Marionnettes'') *''The Virtuous Model'', directed by Albert Capellani (1919, based on the play ''Le Ruisseau'') *''The Secret of Polichinelle'', directed by René Hervil (1923, based on the play ''The Secret of Polichinelle'') *''After Love'', directed by Maurice Champreux (1924, based on the play ''After Love'') *''The Lily'', directed by Victor Schertzinger (1926, based on the play ''Le Lys'') *''{{Interlanguage link|Le Ruisseau (1929 film)|fr|3=Le Ruisseau (film, 1929)|lt=Le Ruisseau}}'', directed by René Hervil (1929, based on the play ''Le Ruisseau'') *''When Love Is Over'', directed by Léonce Perret (1931, based on the play ''After Love'') * ''Broken Wings'', directed by André Berthomieu (1933, based on the play ''Les Ailes brisées'') * ''Beauty of the Night'', directed by {{Interlanguage link|Louis Valray|fr}} (1934, based on the play ''La Belle de nuit'') *''{{Interlanguage link|Sacré Léonce|fr}}'', directed by Christian-Jaque (1936, based on the play ''Sacré Léonce'')<!--17 January 1936--> *''The Secret of Polichinelle'', directed by André Berthomieu (1936, based on the play ''The Secret of Polichinelle'')<!--7 February 1936--> *''{{Interlanguage link|Familjens hemlighet|sv}}'', directed by Gustaf Molander (Sweden, 1936, based on the play ''The Secret of Polichinelle'')<!--26 December 1936--> *''{{Interlanguage link|Le Ruisseau (1938 film)|fr|3=Le Ruisseau (film, 1938)|lt=Le Ruisseau}}'', directed by Maurice Lehmann (1938, based on the play ''Le Ruisseau'') *''After Love'', directed by Maurice Tourneur (1948, based on the play ''After Love'')
===Screenwriter=== *''La route est belle (The Road Is Fine)'', directed by Robert Florey (1930) *''Un carnet de bal (Life Dances On)'', directed by Julien Duvivier (1937) *''Abus de confiance (Abused Confidence)'', directed by Henri Decoin (1938)<!--6 February 1938--> *''Retour à l'aube (Return at Dawn)'', directed by Henri Decoin (1938)<!--18 November 1938--> *''Serenade'', directed by Jean Boyer (1940)<!--28 February 1940--> *''The Man Who Seeks the Truth'', directed by Alexander Esway (1940)<!--20 March 1940--> *''Bring On the Girls'', directed by Sidney Lanfield (1945) - Loosely based on ''The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' *''Abuso de confianza'', directed by Mario C. Lugones (Argentina, 1950) - Remake of ''Abused Confidence''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Pierre Wolff}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=7nsyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA830 Review of ''L'Age d'aimer''], "The Sea-Coast of Bohemia" (June 10, 1905) ''The Outlook'', Vol. 15, p. 830 {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolff, Pierre}} Category:20th-century French dramatists and playwrights Category:Writers from Paris Category:1944 deaths Category:1865 births