Aurélien-Marie Lugné (27 December 1869 – 19 June 1940), known by his stage-name and pen name Lugné-Poe, was a French actor, theatre director, and scenic designer best known for his work at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, one of the first theatrical venues in France to provide a home for the artists of the symbolist movement at the end of the nineteenth century. Most notably, Lugné-Poe introduced French audiences to the Scandinavian playwrights August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen.
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27 December 1869 Paris, France
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19 June 1940 (aged 70) Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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