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Théâtre Récamier
The théâtre Récamier was a Parisian Theater (building), theatre located at 3 rue Récamier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1908 and closed in 1978. History Originally, it was an entertainment venue built by Charles Blondel for the Ligue de l'enseignement on the location of the convent chapel of the Abbaye-aux-Bois. From October 1959 to May 1961, the théâtre Récamier serves as second room of the Théâtre national populaire, TNP directed by Jean Vilar and located at palais de Chaillot. In December 1965, Louis Aragon set up there the soirée " Six poètes et une musique de maintenant " (Six poets and a music of our time) in order to introduce new poets (Jacques Garelli, Pierre Lartigue, Jacques Roubaud, André Libérati, Maurice Régnaut and Bernard Vargaftig). After the May 1968 events in France, the venue housed the Jean-Louis Barrault, compagnie Renaud-Barrault expelled from the Théâtre de l'Odéon. This troupe stayed in the place until 1975 when A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 7th arrondissement of Paris (''VIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''le septième''. The arrondissement, called Palais-Bourbon in a reference to the seat of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, includes some of the major and well-known tourist attractions of Paris, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Les Invalides, Hôtel des Invalides (Napoleon's resting place), the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, as well as a concentration of museums such as the Musée d'Orsay, Musée Rodin and the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Situated on the Rive Gauche—the "Left" bank of the Seine, River Seine—this central arrondissement, which includes the historical aristocratic neighbourhood of Faubourg Saint-Germain, contains a number of French national institutions, among them the National Assembly and numerous Ministry (government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state theatre in France to have its own permanent troupe of actors. The company's primary venue is the Salle Richelieu, which is a part of the Palais-Royal complex and located at 2, Rue de Richelieu on Place André-Malraux in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The theatre has also been known as the Théâtre de la République and popularly as "La Maison de Molière" (The House of Molière). It acquired the latter name from the troupe of the best-known playwright associated with the Comédie-Française, Molière. He was considered the patron of French actors. He died seven years before his troupe became known as the Comédie-Française, but the company continued to be known as "La Maison de Molière" even after the official change of name. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Vian
Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release due to their unconventional outlook. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. His novel '' Froth on the Daydream'' (''L'Écume des jours'') is the best known of these works and one of the few translated into English. Vian was an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews ('' Le Jazz Hot'', ''Paris Jazz'') and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. His o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Gatti
Armand Gatti (; 26 January 1924 – 6 April 2017) was a French playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker and World War II resistance fighter.Banham (1998, 413). His debut film ''Enclosure'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver Prize for Best Director. Two years later, his film '' El Otro Cristóbal'' was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. In 2013 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l'Académie française. Biography One of the most acclaimed theater writer/directors of the 20th century, Gatti was originally a member of the informal Left Bank group of filmmakers that included Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, Agnès Varda, Henri Colpi and Jean Cayrol, but because none of his films have been released on video in the US, he remains an elusive figure for many cinephiles. He appears in Resnais' '' Toute la mémoire du monde'' (1956) and in Marker's ''Immemory'' CD-Rom; he wrote ''China'' (1956) for Marker's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Quaglio
José Quaglio, real name Giuseppe Quaglio, (28 February 1926 – 8 January 2007), was an Italian actor and theater director. He has performed in some 50 films in Italy and has directed four. He acted in a dozen films in France. Filmography Actor * 1944 : '' L'Ange de la nuit'', by André Berthomieu * 1954 : '' Service Entrance'', by Carlo Rim * 1954 : ''The Count of Bragelonne'', by Fernando Cerchio * 1955 : '' Passion de femmes'', by Hans Herwig * 1956 : '' Blood to the Head'', by Gilles Grangier as Mimile Babin * 1957 : ''Three Days to Live'' by Gilles Grangier as an actor in the troupe * 1960 : ''Natercia'', by Pierre Kast as Claude * 1962 : '' Paludi, telefilm by Gilbert Pineau as Carlo * 1963 : ''Vice and Virtue'', by Roger Vadim * 1963 : '' The Terrorist by Gianfranco De Bosio * 1970 : ''The Conformist'', by Bernardo Bertolucci * 1970 : '' Your Hands on My Body'' by Brunello Rondi as Mario * 1971 : ''Short Night of Glass Dolls by Aldo Lado as Valinski * 1972 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco instigated a revolution in ideas and techniques of drama, beginning with his "anti play", ''The Bald Soprano'' which contributed to the beginnings of what is known as the Theatre of the Absurd, which includes a number of plays that, following the ideas of the philosopher Albert Camus, explore concepts of absurdism. He was made a member of the Académie française in 1970, and was awarded the 1970 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and the 1973 Jerusalem Prize. Biography Ionesco was born in Slatina, Romania, to a Romanian father belonging to the Orthodox Christian church and a mother of French and Romanian heritage, whose faith was Protestant (the faith into which her father was born and to which her originally Greek Orthodox Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killer (play)
''The Killer'' (french: Tueur sans gages, sometimes translated ''The Killer without Reason'' or ''The Killer without Cause'') is a play written by Eugène Ionesco in 1958. It is the first of Ionesco's Berenger plays, the others being '' Rhinocéros'' (1959), ''Exit the King'' (1962), and ''A Stroll in the Air'' (1963). Plot In ''The Killer'', Berenger (Ionesco’s downtrodden everyman) discovers an ideal "radiant city". The elation Berenger feels in the city of light is cut short by the discovery that the city is host to a killer who drowns his victims in a pool after luring them there by offering to show them a "picture of the colonel". Berenger leaves the radiant city after Dany, a woman he falls in love with instantly and believes that he is engaged to, is murdered, and he spends much of the play tracking down the killer. At the end of the play, he encounters the killer, a small man and by all appearances Berenger’s physical inferior. In a long climactic speech, similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Suarès
Guy Suarès (1932 in Paris - February 1996) was a French actor, theatre director, theatre manager and critic. Mise en scène (selection) * 1954 : ''Yerma'' by Federico García Lorca * 1957 : ''Hedda Gabler'' : drama in 4 acts : comedy in 1 act, Henrik Ibsen - Léon Deutsch * 1957 : ''Le temps est un songe'' by Henri-René Lenormand * 1958 : '' When Five Years Pass'' by Federico García Lorca, Théâtre Récamier * 1962 : '' L'Échange, Théâtre Hébertot'' * 1964 : '' On ne badine pas avec l’amour'' ( Alfred de Musset), Comédie de la Loire * 1964 : ''L’Echange'' (Paul Claudel), Comédie de la Loire * 1965 : ''Miguel Manara'' (O.V. de L Milosz), Comédie de la Loire * 1967 : ''Le repoussoir'' (Rafael Alberti), Comédie de la Loire * 1967 : ''The Chairs'' ( Ionesco), Comédie de la Loire * 1968 : ''Liberté, Liberté'' (Flavio Rangel and Millor Fernandes, adapt Guy Suares), Comédie de la Loire * 1969 : ''Le barbier de Séville'' (Beaumarchais), Comédie de la Loire * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature. He initially rose to fame with '' Romancero gitano'' (''Gypsy Ballads'', 1928), a book of poems depicting life in his native Andalusia. His poetry incorporated traditional Andalusian motifs and avant-garde styles. After a sojourn in New York City from 1929 to 1930—documented posthumously in ''Poeta en Nueva York'' (''Poet in New York'', 1942)—-he returned to Spain and wrote his best-known plays, ''Blood Wedding'' (1932), ''Yerma'' (1934), and ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' (1936). García Lorca was gay and suffered from depression after the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gillibert
Jean Gillibert (1925 – 31 October 2014) was a French psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, poet, translator, playwright and theatre director. Short biography Gillibert graduated from the Paris conservatory in 1945.Jean Gillibert (promo 1945) Association des élèves et des anciens élèves du Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique. In 1947, he attended a lecture by at the in Paris, which had a decisive influence on his career, under the sign of the exploration of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as ''Phèdre'', ''Andromaque'', and ''Athalie''. He did write one comedy, '' Les Plaideurs'', and a muted tragedy, ''Esther'' for the young. Racine's plays displayed his mastery of the dodecasyllabic (12 syllable) French alexandrine. His writing is renowned for its elegance, purity, speed, and fury, and for what American poet Robert Lowell described as a "diamond-edge", and the "glory of its hard, electric rage". Racine's dramaturgy is marked by his psychological insight, the prevailing passion of his characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage. Biography Racine was born on 21 December 1639 in La Ferté-Milon ( Aisne) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
