Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (continued): #14: Henry Becque

'HENRY BECQUE

AUTEUR DRAMATIQUE

1837 – 1899'

Henry Becque is thought of as the founder of 'théâtre cruel', and is best known for his realist play Les Corbeaux (1882), concerning human vultures moving in for major finds after the death of a rich man.