He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, he managed the Vélodrome de la Seine at Levallois-Perret and the Vélodrome Buffalo, events that were an integral part of Parisian life, being regularly attended by personalities such as Toulouse-Lautrec.[2] He reputedly introduced the bell to signify the last lap of a race.[3]
He identified as an anarchist.[4]
Works
Plays
Les Pieds nickelés (1895)
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle [fr] (French Without a Master) (1899)
^Who Was Who in the Theatre:1912–1976, p.197 vol.1 A-C;compiled from editions published annually by John Parker – 1976 edition by Gale Research ISBN 0-8103-0406-6 (UK) ISBN 0-273-01313-0
^"Cycling, A Hands, La Chaine Simpson".
^Leeds.ac.uk – 73.200–213 The Contribution of the Fine Arts to the Olympic Games, De Coubertin on Fine Art in the Olympic Movement Archived 13 April 2001 at the Wayback Machine
^Charnow, Sally Debra (2016). Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris: Staging Modernity. Springer. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-137-05458-6.
External links
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Works by Tristan Bernard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)