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Roland Piétri
Roland Piétri (1910 in Paris – 27 October 1986 in the same city), was a French actor and theatre director. Biography Roland Piétri was co-director of the Comédie des Champs-Élysées from 1944 to 1948 with Claude Sainval and for one season (1946–1947), directed the Centre dramatique de l'Est based in Colmar. There he established a troupe with the comedians Françoise Christophe, André Reybaz, Catherine Toth. He then returned to the Comédie des Champs-Élysées and became theatre director of Jean Anouilh's plays. Theatre Comedian * 1937 : ''Julius Caesar'' by William Shakespeare, mise en scène Charles Dullin, Théâtre de l'Atelier * 1942 : ''Faux Jour'' by Herman Closson, mise en scène Paulette Pax, Théâtre de l'Œuvre * 1947 : ''Le Misanthrope'' by Molière, mise en scène Roland Piétri, Centre dramatique de l'Est Colmar * 1951 : '' Siegfried'' de Jean Giraudoux, mise en scène Claude Sainval, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1953 : '' L'Alouette'' by Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Alouette
''The Lark'' () is a 1952 play about Joan of Arc by the French playwright Jean Anouilh. It was presented on Broadway in English in 1955, starring Julie Harris as Joan and Boris Karloff as Pierre Cauchon. It was produced by Kermit Bloomgarden. Lillian Hellman made the English adaptation and Leonard Bernstein composed the incidental music. The two stars of the play reprised their roles in a 1957 television production of the play, as part of the anthology series '' Hallmark Hall of Fame''. A different television adaptation aired in 1958 in Australia. There is another English translation by Christopher Fry. Plot summary The play covers the trial, condemnation, and execution of Joan, but has a highly unusual ending. Joan remembers important events in her life as she is being questioned, and is subsequently condemned to death. However, Cauchon realizes, just as Joan is burning at the stake, that in her judges' hurry to condemn her, they have not allowed her to re-live the coronation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Chandelier
''Le Chandelier'' is an 1835 play in three acts by French dramatist Alfred de Musset. The play was first published in 1835 in ''Revue des deux Mondes''. It was first staged at the Théâtre Historique in August 1848 with Mademoiselle Maillet as Jacqueline. In October 1850, it was produced at the Comédie-Française with a cast including Delaunay as Fortunio and Allan as Jacqueline. In October 1850, the interior minister Léon Faucher had the work banned, a decision confirmed in subsequent seasons.Alfred de Musset: Œuvres complètes 'Lorenzaccio; Le Chandelier; Il ne faut jurer de rien'' Charpentier, Paris, 1888. Jacques Offenbach, who wrote incidental music for the Comédie-Française production, made a sequel entitled ''La chanson de Fortunio''. An opera of 1907 by André Messager André Charles Prosper Messager (; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéra comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombe (play)
''Colombe'' is a play in four Act (drama), acts by French people, French dramatist Jean Anouilh, written in 1950, created at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on February 10, 1951, in a mise-en-scène, set and costumes by André Barsacq and published in 1951 at ''Éditions de la Table ronde'' in ''Pièces brillantes''. Plot summary A large self-centred actress lacking maternal fibre must face the return of her son Julien, who is intransigent and jealous of his brother Armand who his mother always babied. He refused any special favours in order to escape his three years of military service that awaited him, so he leaves his young, naïve and submissive wife Colombe. The mother decides to hire Colombe at the theatre. The woman would jump with joy, happy at becoming her own woman, and would break up with Julien. Théâtre de l'Atelier, 1951 * Mise-en-scène: André Barsacq * Set: André Barsacq * Costumes: André Barsacq * Characters and actors: ** Colombe: Danièle Delorme ** Julien: Yves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waltz Of The Toreadors
''The Waltz of the Toreadors'' (''La Valse des toréadors'') is a 1951 play by Jean Anouilh. Plot This bitter farce is set in 1910 France and focuses on General Léon Saint-Pé and his infatuation with Ghislaine, a woman with whom he danced at a garrison ball some 17 years earlier. Because of the General's commitment to his marriage, the couple's love remained unconsummated. Now faced by the reality of retirement with his hypochondriac wife, the General finds himself lost in fond memories of his old flirtation. When Ghislaine suddenly reappears, he is delighted — until he finds himself competing for her hand with a considerably younger suitor. Background The General and his mad wife had previously appeared in Anouilh's 1948 play '' Ardèle ou la Marguerite'', and a further variant on the character appeared in the 1958 comedy ''L'Hurluberlu, ou le Réactionnaire amoureux''. By the time of Anouilh's last play, ''Le Nombril'' (1981), Léon St Pé had transformed into a grouchy and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery ''The Mousetrap'', which has been performed in the West End since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. ''Guinness World Records'' lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies. Christie was born into a wealthy upper middle class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Thomas (director)
Robert Thomas (28 September 1927 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 3 January 1989) was a French writer, actor and film director. As a writer, almost from the beginning, he was fascinated by a curious genre that he helped invent: the comédie policière or comedy thriller, of which ''Eight Women'' is an example. In 1960, Thomas had a hit with ''Trap for a Lonely Man'', a humorous murder mystery which was an overnight success in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights and the play established Thomas as a writer of psychological crime dramas with a distinctively Gallic comic twist. The following year the second outing of ''Eight Women'' was far more successful as it won the Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres for Best Play in 1961. Thomas was a prolific actor, playwright and movie director. If he is best known for ''Eight Women'' it is probably because it was adapted into a movie musical by François Ozon in 2002 with a star-studded line-up that included Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De Paris
The Théâtre de Paris is a theatre located at 15, rue Blanche in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It includes a second smaller venue, the Petit Théâtre de Paris. History The first theatre on the site was built by the Duke of Richelieu in 1730. Baron Ogny bought it in 1779 and renamed it Folie-Richelieu. Then during the First Empire it was directed by Fortunée Hamelin, a celebrated member of the ''Merveilleuses'' ("marvelous women") of the Directoire era. In 1811, the Folie-Richelieu was transformed into a park, then demolished completely in 1851 in the redevelopment under Baron Haussmann. It became the site of the church of Sainte-Trinité de Paris with part of the site becoming a roller skating rink. In 1880, using plans by the architects Aimé Sauffroy and Ferdinand Grémailly, part of the rink became the Palace Théâtre and, after a further restoration in 1891 by Édouard Niermans, the Casino de Paris. After that, the rest of the rink, near the present rue Blanche, was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becket Ou L'Honneur De Dieu
''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. It contains many historical inaccuracies, which the author acknowledged. Background Anouilh's interpretation of the historical story, though often ironic, is more straightforward than T. S. Eliot's 1935 play on the same subject, ''Murder in the Cathedral'', which was intended primarily as a religious treatment. However, there are one or two similarities in the interpretation. In the introduction to the play, Anouilh explained that he based it on a chapter of an old book he had bought because its green binding looked good on his shelves. He and his wife read the 30 pages about Thomas Becket, and she urged him to write a play about Thomas. He did so, finishing the first part in only 15 days. It was not until he showed the finished pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Tartuffe
''Le tartuffe'' is a 1984 French comedy film directed by and starring Gérard Depardieu based on the play ''Tartuffe'' by Molière. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Gérard Depardieu as Tartuffe * François Périer as Orgon * Yveline Ailhaud as Dorine * Paule Annen as Madame Pernelle * Paul Bru as Un exempts * Elisabeth Depardieu as Elmire * Dominique Ducos as Flipote * Noureddine El Ati as Laurent * Bernard Freyd as Cleante * Hélène Lapiower as Marianne * Jean-Marc Roulot as Valère * Jean Schmitt Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ... as Monsieur Loyal * André Wilms as Damis References External links * 1984 films 1984 comedy films French comedy films 1980s French-language films Films bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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