Jean-Pierre Sarrazac (born 1946) is a French

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trainer and university teacher. In his works he has been influenced by Bernard Dort. He has published several studies and books on drama and

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. He directed several plays by playwrights

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, von Saaz and himself. Jean-Pierre Sarrazac is an

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professor of theatre studies at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle and invited professor at the

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Works

Plays

* 1976 : ''Lazare lui aussi rêvait d'eldorado'' * 1985 : ''L'Enfant-roi'' (''The Kid King'') * 1989 : ''Les Inséparables'' (''The Unbreakables'') * 1989 : ''La Passion du jardinier'' (''The Gardener's Passion'') * 1993 : ''Harriet'' * 1996 : ''La Fugitive'' (''The Fugitive'') * 2003 : ''Cantiga para jà, Place de la Révolution'' (co-written with Christina Mirjol)

Essays

* 1981 : ''L'Avenir du drame'' * 1989 : ''Théâtres intimes'' (''Intimate Theatres'') * 1995 : ''Théâtres du moi, théâtres du monde'' (''Theatres Of Me, Theatres Of The World'') * 2000 : ''Critique du théâtre. De l'utopie au désenchantement'' (''The Theater Critic, The Disenchantment Utopia'') * 2004 : ''Jeux de rêves et autres détours''

References

Living people 1946 births Academic staff of Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 French theatre directors 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 21st-century French dramatists and playwrights {{France-actor-stub