Kean, ou Désordre et génie is an 1836 play by the French writer Alexandre Dumas.
It is based on the life of the British stage actor Edmund Kean.
It premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés with Frédérick Lemaître in the title role.
Jean-Paul Sartre made his own version of play in 1954.
Adaptations It has been adapted into films several times includingGoble p.138 Kean, a 1921 silent German film A Stage Romance, a 1922 American film Kean, a 1924 silent French film Kean, a 1940 Italian film Kean, a 1956 Italian film
A 1961 stage musical Kean was also based on the work.
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.