Abraham Dreyfus

Born in Paris in June 1847, Abraham Dreyfus became a French journalist and dramatist whose career unfolded in the busy world of Parisian newspapers and theaters. Reference sources and library records agree on his dates as 1847 to 1926, and describe him especially as a playwright of comedies and short stage works.

He wrote a large number of plays, often in collaboration with other writers, and also contributed librettos and theatrical pieces that were performed in the French capital. French biographical sources note that he was active enough in theatrical circles to be represented among dramatists and cultural figures in paintings of the Comédie-Française world of the 1880s.

Dreyfus died in Paris in November 1926. Though he is not as widely remembered today as some of his contemporaries, his work still offers a window into the fast-moving, witty, performance-driven culture of French theater in the late 1800s and early 1900s.