French actor, theater director, and scenic designer
1869 CE
to 1940 CE
Aurélien-Marie Lugné (December 27, 1869 – June 19, 1940), known by his stage-name and pen name Lugné-Poe, is a French actor, theater 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 introducesFrench audiences to the Scandinavian playwrights August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen.