Sardou

[ sahr-doo ]

/ sɑrˈdu /

noun

Vic·to·rien

[veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/, 1831–1908, French dramatist.

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Examples from the Web for sardou

The first of these is a very bad opera; it is not even one of Sardou's best plays.
Interpreters|Carl Van Vechten
I had to make it worthy of the statue by Pradier that was given us by Sardou, and finally it was done to please me.
The House in Good Taste|Elsie de Wolfe
At the time of his death, Sardou had many hundreds of these dossiers, old and new.
Dramatic Technique|George Pierce Baker
This is one reason why Sardou's "Diplomacy" was, in many respects, his ideal of a play.
Charles Frohman: Manager and Man|Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

But he has left his imprint upon the page of the French drama in his disregard of the stage carpentry of Scribe and Sardou.
Iconoclasts|James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for sardou

Sardou

/ (French sardu) /

noun

Victorien (viktɔrjɛ̃). 1831–1908, French dramatist. His plays include Fédora (1882) and La Tosca (1887), the source of Puccini's opera

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