Victorien Sardou was born on September 5, 1831 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Tosca (1956), Cleopatra (1912) and Princess Romanoff (1915). He was married to Marie Anne Corneille Soulié and Laurentine Éléonore Désirée de Moisson de Brécourt. He died on November 8, 1908 in Paris, France.
George Bernard Shaw, who thought little of Victorien Sardou's plays,
loved to refer to Sardou's style as "Sardoodlism".
Member of the Académie française, he was the father in law of Robert de Flers and the father of architect Pierre Sardou.
French playwright of both comedies and historical dramas and master of stage technique. He wrote 70 plays, including Tosca (1887), Fédora (1882) and others for Sarah Bernhardt and two plays for Sir Henry Irving.