Antoine Rault (born 28 September 1965) is a French playwright and novelist.
The website - http://www.antoine-rault.com/
The Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpks4Hn2b6BM8RkDd4BNnw
Rault’s works deal with contemporary and historical themes.
He was awarded the Grand Prix de l’Académie Française for his play ''Le Caïman'' about
Marxist philosopher
Louis Althusser, who killed his wife after 30 years of marriage.
Biography
Antoine Rault was born in Paris. In 1967, he graduated from the
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
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, where he studied literature and politics.
Subsequently, Antoine Rault worked for 15 years as a
ghostwriter
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for the chairman of an international company and several French politicians. He was also a
public relations
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advisor for a French minister.
Although his first play ''La Première Tête'', which deals with the French king
Louis XVI
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and the beginning of the
French revolution
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, had been performed in 1989, Antoine Rault had to wait until the success of his second play, ''Le Caïman'', to become a full-time writer.
Works
Novels
*''Je veux que tu m’aimes'' (
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*''La vie dont tu rêvais'' (
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*''La danse des vivants'' (
Éditions Albin Michel
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) 2016
La Grande LibrairiePrix Maurice Genevoix
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2017
*''La traversée du paradis'' (
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) 2018.
*''L'espion idéal'' (
le Livre de Poche
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*''De grandes ambitions'' (
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) 2020.
*''Monsieur Sénégal'' (
Plon) 2022.
Theater Plays
*''La Première Tête'' (1989) - Comédie de Paris.
*''Le Caïman'' (2005- 2007) -
Théâtre Montparnasse, with
Claude Rich
Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955.
Personal life
He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, ...
. Published by Avant-Scène Théâtre.
*''Le Diable Rouge'' (2008- 2010) - Théâtre Montparnasse, with
Claude Rich
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Personal life
He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, ...
. Published by Avant-Scène Théâtre.
*''Le Démon de Hannah'' (2009) - Comédie des Champs-Elysées. Published by
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*''La Vie sinon Rien'' (2009-2011). Comédie des Champs-Elysées. Published by Quatre Vents – l’Avant-Scène Théâtre.
*''
L'Intrus'' (2011- 2012) - Comédie des Champs-Elysées, with Claude Rich Published by
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.
*''Le Système'' (2015) -
Théâtre Antoine, with
Lorant Deutsch, Stéphane Guillon, Eric Metayer, Urbain Cancellier,
Sophie Barjac
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,
Marie Bunel
Marie Bunel (born 1961) is a French film and stage actress.
Biography
Bunel was born on 27 May 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood, California and to ...
, Stéphanie Caillol, Philippine Bataille. Published by
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*''Toi et tes rêves'' - creation for the
Festival d'Avignon
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2015, with Stéphanie Vicat and Gérôme Anger.
*''Un nouveau départ'' - creation for the
Festival d'Avignon
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2015, with
Corinne Touzet and
Christian Vadim
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Career
He made his film debut in 1983, working with his father in the film '' Surprise Party'', and appeared in ...
. Previous creations abroad - Russia (''Всё сначала'', 2011) and Germany (''Auf ein Neues'', 2012, with
Marion Kracht and
Daniel Morgenroth). 2016 - Théâtre des Variétés with
Corinne Touzet,
Christian Vadim
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Career
He made his film debut in 1983, working with his father in the film '' Surprise Party'', and appeared in ...
and Fanny Guillot. Published by
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*''La vie rêvée d'Helen Cox'' (2018) -
Théâtre La Bruyière, with
Christelle Reboul and
Jean-Pierre Mickael. Published by
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*''Terminus'' (2018) -
CADO d'Orléans, with
Lorant Deutsch, Bernard Malaka,
Maxime d'Aboville,
Chloe Berthier, Valérie Alane. Published by
Editions Albin Michel
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*''Au Scalpel'' (2022) -
Festival d'Avignon
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and
Théâtre des Variétés
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History
It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ...
, with
Davy Sardou
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Sardou studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Insti ...
and
Bruno Salomone
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Theater
Dubbing
He gave his voice to the following movies in their French versions.
Filmography
References
External links
*
French comedians
1970 births
People ...
. Published by
L'Avant-scène
Awards
Le Caïman
Grand prix de l’Académie française 2006.
Five
Molière Award nominations in 2006, including Best Play
Le Diable Rouge
Two
Molière Awards in 2009.
Seven
Molière Award nominations in 2009, including Best Play and Best Dramatist.
Nomination Globes de Cristal 2009
Le Démon de Hannah
Nomination Globes de Cristal 2010.
Molière Award nomination 2010.
Le Système
Three
Molière Award nominations 2015
La danse des vivants
Prix Maurice-Genevoix 2017
External links
Articles
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* http://www.lopinion.fr/5-janvier-2015/premiere-crise-financiere-lutte-pouvoir-coeur-piece-systeme-19999
* http://www.onsortoupas.fr/tag/antoine-rault/
* http://www.directmatin.fr/arts-vivants/2015-02-19/deutsch-et-guillon-dans-les-coulisses-de-la-finance-699927
* http://blog.ticketac.com/2015/02/le-systeme-humour-et-histoire-au-theatre-antoine/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134702/http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/john-law-2c-hier-et-aujourd-hui_fr_art_1351_71950.html
* http://larevuey.com/2015/03/le-systeme-sexplique-au-theatre-antoine/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150656/http://www.culture-chronique.com/chronique.htm?chroniqueid=1296&typeid=3
Videos and Podcasts
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TF1 Interview TF1Albin Michel Interview with the EditorEurope 1 podcast "La banqueroute et le Regent"Le Systeme teaserLa danse des vivants @ La Grande Librairie TVshow
References
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1965 births
Living people
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
Writers from Paris
Sciences Po alumni
French male novelists
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French male writers