Guy Vassal (8 March 1941 – 13 November 2022) was a French playwright.

Biography

Born in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

in 1941, Vassal studied under

Charles Dullin Charles Dullin (; 8 May 1885 – 11 December 1949) was a French actor, theater manager and director. Career Dullin began his career as an actor in melodrama:185 In 1908, he started his first troupe with Saturnin Fabre, the ''Théâtre de Foire, ...

. At the age of 20, during the

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, he joined the cast of ''

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'', directed by

Jean Vilar Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director. Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 1943 in a sma ...

. In 1963, his first play, ''Le Temps des troubadours'', covered the

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. It was adapted for television in many shows, including ''L'Affaire Calas''. From the 1970s to 2000, Vassal created and directed many festivals in

Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig� ...

, Aigues-Mortes,

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, and Lattes. At the same time, he led a "militant activity of theatrical decentralization" and created the Théâtre populaire des Cévennes. In some plays, such as ''Grappes de ma vigne'', he focused on novelistic writing, which led to his publication of ''La Boussole'' in 2006. Vassal died on 13 November 2022, at the age of 81.

Books

*''La Dame fantôme'' (2001) *''La Boussole : des confins de la Sibérie à Versailles avec le messager de Lapérouse'' (2006) *''Coup de balai pour Don Juan'' (2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vassal, Guy 1941 births 2022 deaths People from Toulouse 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 21st-century French dramatists and playwrights