Kean (play)

Kean is an 1836 play by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It is based on the life of the British stage actor Edmund Kean. It premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés with Frédérick Lemaître in the title role.

Adaptation[]

It has been adapted into films several times including^[1]

Kean, a 1921 silent German film
Kean, a 1924 silent French film
Kean, a 1940 Italian film
Kean, a 1956 Italian film

A 1961 stage musical Kean was also based on the work.

References[]

^ Goble p.138

Bibliography[]

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

v t Alexandre Dumas père
Novels	The Conspirators The Count of Monte Cristo The Three Musketeers The Fencing Master The Corsican Brothers The Black Tulip Captain Pamphile Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge La Dame de Monsoreau Georges The Knight of Sainte-Hermine The Queen's Necklace La Reine Margot The New Troy Twenty Years After The Two Dianas The Vicomte de Bragelonne The Wolf Leader La Sanfelice The Women's War
Characters	Edmond Dantès Aramis Athos Anne of Austria d'Artagnan Abbé Faria Milady de Winter Porthos Cardinal Richelieu Comte de Rochefort M. de Tréville
Films	Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921) The Three Musketeers (1921) The Man in the Iron Mask (1923) The Iron Mask (1929) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Four Musketeers (1936) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) The Corsican Brothers (1941) The Three Musketeers (1948) The Brigand (1952) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) La Reine Margot (1954) Le Masque de fer (1962) The Three Musketeers (1969) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers (1974) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) The Fifth Musketeer (1979) The Return of the Musketeers (1989) The Three Musketeers (1993) La Reine Margot (1994) soundtrack The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) The Musketeer (2001) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) The Three Musketeers (2011)
TV programmes	Gankutsuou Albert the Fifth Musketeer The Count of Monte Cristo Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Young Blades The Three Musketeers The Musketeers
Related	Alexandre Dumas fils (son) Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father) Marie-Cessette Dumas (grandmother) Auguste Maquet (collaborator) Théâtre Historique Château de Monte-Cristo L'Autre Dumas (2010 film) Orson Welles and People (lost documentary)

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