Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.
He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the
Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
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in 1949. He was then recruited 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 ...
at the
Théâtre national populaire
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Today, the TNP has a company of ten resident actors and the building is cur ...
and in 1952 he appeared with
Gérard Philipe
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Heinrich von Kleist
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amph ...
at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television ''Au théâtre ce soir'' created in 1966.
He joined the
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 ...
in 1978, where he became sociétaire in 1980, then General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
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by
Molière
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.
Theatre
Actor
*1947: ''Un amour comme le nôtre'' by Guy Verdot,
*1949: ''L'Habit vert'' by
Gaston Arman de Caillavet
Gaston Arman de Caillavet (13 March 1869 – 13 January 1915) was a French playwright.
Early life
Gaston Arman de Caillavet was born on 13 March 1869. He was the son of Albert Arman de Caillavet and Léontine Lippmann. His maternal grandfa ...
Théâtre national de Chaillot
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*1949: ''Le Glorieux'' by
Philippe Néricault Destouches
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Biography
Destouches was born at Tours, in today's department of Indre-et-Loire.
When he was nineteen years of age, he became secretary to ...
, Théâtre de Chaillot
*1950: ''
Barabbas
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Biblical account
According to all four canoni ...
'' dit de la grotte by
Michel de Ghelderode
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Théâtre de l'Œuvre
The Théâtre de l'Œuvre is a Paris theatre on the Right Bank, located at 3, Cité Monthiers, entrance 55, rue de Clichy, in the 9° arrondissement. It is commonly conflated and confused with the late-nineteenth-century theater company named Th ...
*1950: ''L'Amour truqué'' by
Paul Nivoix
Paul Eugène Nivoix (December 24, 1889 - September 14, 1958) was a French playwright and screenwriter.
Theater
With Marcel Pagnol:
* ''Tonton'' 1924
* '' Les Marchands de gloire'' 1925
* '' Un direct au cœur'' 1926.
Filmography
* 1932: '' ...
, directed by
Jacques Charon
Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director.
Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. D ...
Georges Douking
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, Théâtre de la Potinière
*1951: ''
Mother Courage and Her Children
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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 ...
, Théâtre de la Cité Jardins
Suresnes
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*1951: ''
Le Cid
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'' by
Corneille
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As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, Théâtre de la Cité Jardins
Suresnes
Suresnes () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016. The nearest communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud a ...
*1952: ''
A Flea in Her Ear
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Georges Vitaly
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The son of immigrants from the Russian revolution, he trained as actor from 1934. In 194 ...
,
Théâtre Montparnasse
The Théâtre Montparnasse is a theatre at 31, rue de la Gaîté in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
History
After the death of famed Paris theatre builder and artistic director Henri Larochelle (1826-1884), his widow, along with former actor ...
*1952: ''L'Histoire du Docteur Faust'' by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1952: ''Robinson'' by
Jules Supervielle
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He opposed the surrealism movement in poetry and rejected automatic wri ...
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. ...
*1953: ''O, mes aïeux !...'' by José-André Lacour, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1954: ''
A Flea in Her Ear
''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's play ...
'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Georges Vitaly,
Théâtre des Célestins
The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of fe ...
Eugène Labiche
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*1955: '' Nekrassov'' by
Jean-Paul Sartre
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, directed by
Jean Meyer
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Anastasia
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'' by
Marcelle Maurette Marcelle may refer to:
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*Groupe Marcelle
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A ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Antoine
*1956: ''Le mari ne compte pas'' by Roger-Ferdinand, directed by Jacques Morel, Théâtre Édouard VII
*1957: ''Wako, l’abominable homme des neiges'' by Roger Duchemin, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Hébertot
Théâtre Hébertot () is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France.
History
The theatre, completed in 1838 and opening as the Théâtre des Batignolles, was later renamed Théâtre des Arts in 190 ...
Jean Guitton
Jean Guitton (August 18, 1901 – March 21, 1999) was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian.
Biography
Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire in August 1901, he studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École Normale Sup ...
, directed by
Jean de Létraz
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His fir ...
,
Théâtre du Palais-Royal
The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais.
Brief history
...
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau. Today it is one of the three theatres in Paris u ...
André Barsacq
André Barsacq (24 January 1909 – 8 July 1973) was a French theatre director, producer, scenic designer, and playwright. From 1940 to 1973 he was the director of the Théâtre de l'Atelier. He was the brother of Russian production designer Léo ...
,
Théâtre de l'Atelier
The Théâtre de l'Atelier is a theatre at 1, place Charles Dullin in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.
History
The theatre opened on 23 November 1822 under the name Théâtre MontmartreEdward Foreman, ''Historical dictionary of French t ...
*1959: ''
Cyrano de Bergerac
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A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...
'' by Edmond Rostand, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Célestins, Festival of Bellac
*1959: ''
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
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'' by
Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
, directed by
Jean Marchat
Jean Marchat (1902–1966) was a French film actor who appeared in around fifty films during his career. He made his film debut in 1931 and appeared in Maurice Tourneur's '' Departure'' the same year.Waldman p.144
Selected filmography
* '' Depar ...
Hamlet
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'' by William Shakespeare, directed by
Jean Darnel
Jean Darnel (1923 – 20 November 2020) was a French actor and director.
Biography
Darnel grew up in the 1930s in Bayonne and Paris. Eager to become an actor, he introduced himself to Marcel Achard to ask him for advice. Achard directed him to ...
, Arènes de Saintes
*1959: ''Dix Ans ou dix minutes'' by Grisha Dabat, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Hébertot
*1960: ''
L'Otage
''L'Otage'' is a three-act theatre play by the French author Paul Claudel, and the first one of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''.
Mises-en-scène
* 1913: Théâtre Scala, London
* 1914: Lugné-Poe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
* 1928: Firmin Gémie ...
'' by
Paul Claudel
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Early lif ...
, directed by Roger Dornes, Festival de Bellac
*1960: '' De doux dingues'' by Joseph Carole, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Édouard VII
*1960: ''
Le Tartuffe
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Cast
* Gérard Depardieu as ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Festival de Bellac
*1960: ''Le Tartuffe'' by Molière, directed by
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 ...
, Comédie des Champs-Élysées
*1960: ''Le Songe du critique'' by Jean Anouilh, directed by the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées
*1961: ''
Twelfth Night
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'' by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
*1961: ''
La Grotte
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'' by Jean Anouilh, directed by the author and
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 ...
, Théâtre Montparnasse
*1962: ''
L'Otage
''L'Otage'' is a three-act theatre play by the French author Paul Claudel, and the first one of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''.
Mises-en-scène
* 1913: Théâtre Scala, London
* 1914: Lugné-Poe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
* 1928: Firmin Gémie ...
'' by Paul Claudel, directed by
Bernard Jenny
Bernard Jenny (18 March 1931 – 5 March 2011) was a French dramatist, theatre director and scenic designer.Le Pain dur
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'' by Paul Claudel, directed by Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
*1962: ''
Le Père humilié
''Le Père humilié'' is a four-act theatre play by Paul Claudel, which constitutes the third and last part of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''.
Staging
* 1962: Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
See also
*''L'Otage''
*'' Le Pain d ...
'' by Paul Claudel, directed by Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
*1964: '' Le Minotaure'' by Marcel Aymé, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with a ...
*1964: ''Les Escargots meurent debout'' by
Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Blanche was ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Fontaine
*1964: ''Moumou'' by Jean de Letraz, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1965: ''Les Filles'' by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Édouard VII, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
*1965: ''Pourquoi pas Vamos'' by
Georges Conchon
Georges Conchon (9 May 1925 in St. Avitus (Puy-de-Dôme) – 29 July 1990 in Paris) was a French writer and screenwriter.
Biography
He grew up in a family of teachers,Pierre Maury: Georges Conchon n’ecrira plus'. archives.lesoir.be, 31. Ju ...
, directed by
Jean Mercure
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* J ...
, Théâtre Édouard VII
*1965: '' La Dame de chez Maxim'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jacques Charon, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
*1967: '' Jean de la Lune'' by
Marcel Achard
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, directed by
Jean Piat
Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.
Life
Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Fra ...
, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
*1967: '' Forbidden to the Public'' by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Saint-Georges
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*1969: ''
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
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'' by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Festival d'
Arles
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*1969: ''Interdit au public'' by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Célestins
*1969: ''
La Périchole
''La Périchole'' () is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French libretto based on the 1829 one act play '' Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement'' by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived o ...
'' by
Jacques Offenbach
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, directed by
Maurice Lehmann
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Twelfth Night
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Henri Meilhac
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and
Ludovic Halévy
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Biography
Ludovic Halévy was born in ...
, directed by
Maurice Lehmann
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, Théâtre de Paris
*1972: '' Le Noir te va si bien'' by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Antoine
*1972: ''Le Saut du lit'' by
Ray Cooney
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His biggest success, '' Run for Your Wife'' (1983), ran for nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 ...
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Mogador
*1974: ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Mai de
Versailles
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*1975: ''La Grosse'' by
Charles Laurence
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Early life
Charles Laurence was born Carlos Felipes in Tangiers when it was an International zone, to a Swiss-Scottish m ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1976: ''
Volpone
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'' by
Jules Romains
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Ben Jonson
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Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval (1895–1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.
Novels
*''Marie Galante'' (1931)
Plays
*''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920)
*''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in three acts (1926); translate ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Marigny
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It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panora ...
*1979: ''Dave au bord de mer'' by René Kalisky, directed by
Antoine Vitez
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,
Comédie-Française
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A Flea in Her Ear
''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's play ...
'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Jean-Laurent Cochet (28 January 1935 – 7 April 2020) was a French director and actor.
Biography
He was best known for starring in movies such as '' A Thousand Billion Dollars'' and ''Fort Saganne''.
He was an important teacher for acting. Hund ...
, Comédie-Française
*1980: ''
Tartuffe
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...
'' by Molière, directed by
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Jean-Paul Roussillon (5 March 1931 – 31 July 2009) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008. He starred in the film '' Playing 'In the Company of Men, which was screened in the Un C ...
, Comédie-Française
*1980: ''
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, Comédie-Française
*1981: '' La Dame de chez Maxim'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française
*1982: '' Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon'' by Eugène Labiche and Édouard Martin, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Comédie-Française
*1982: '' Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne'' by
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his ...
, directed by
Jacques Rosner
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
, Comédie-Française au Théâtre de l'Odéon
*1983: ''
L'École des femmes
''The School for Wives'' (french: L'école des femmes; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palai ...
Festival d'Avignon
The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vila ...
Director
*1950: ''
Barabbas
Barabbas (; ) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast.
Biblical account
According to all four canoni ...
'' by
Michel de Ghelderode
Michel de Ghelderode (born Adémar Adolphe Louis Martens, 3 April 1898 – 1 April 1962) was an avant-garde Belgian dramatist, from Flanders, who spoke and wrote in French. His works often deal with the extremes of human experience, from death an ...
, directed with Roger Harth, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1952: ''L'Histoire du Docteur Faust'' by Christopher Marlowe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1952: ''Robinson'' by
Jules Supervielle
Jules Supervielle (16 January 1884 – 17 May 1960) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet and writer born in Montevideo. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
He opposed the surrealism movement in poetry and rejected automatic wri ...
, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1953: ''O, mes aïeux !...'' by José-André Lacour, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1953: ''Eté et fumées'' by
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thr ...
, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1953: ''Le Piège à l'innocent'' by Eduardo Sola Franco, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1955: ''
Anastasia
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'' by
Marcelle Maurette Marcelle may refer to:
*Marcelle, a French feminine version of Marcel
* 1300 Marcelle (1934 CL), a main-belt asteroid
*Groupe Marcelle
A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation.
A ...
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
*1957: ''Wako, l’abominable homme des neiges'' by Roger Duchemin, Théâtre Hébertot
*1958: '' La Hobereaute'' by Jacques Audiberti, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
*1958: ''Le Pain des jules'' by Ange Bastiani, Théâtre des Arts
*1959: ''Dix Ans ou dix minutes'' by Grisha Dabat, Théâtre Hébertot
*1959: ''
Cyrano de Bergerac
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...
Théâtre des Célestins
The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of fe ...
L'Apollon de Bellac
''The Apollo of Bellac'' (French title: ''L'Apollon de Bellac'' or ''L'Apollon de Marsac'') is a comedic one-act play written in 1942 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.
Plot summary
The play is set in the reception room of the International Bure ...
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 ...
'' by Molière, Festival de Bellac
*1960: '' De doux dingues'' by Joseph Carole, Théâtre Édouard VII
*1961: ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'' by William Shakespeare,
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau. Today it is one of the three theatres in Paris u ...
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...
, Théâtre du Gymnase
*1961: '' Huit Femmes'' by Robert Thomas, Théâtre Édouard VII, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens en 1962
*1961: ''Coralie et Compagnie'' by
Maurice Hennequin
Maurice Hennequin (10 December 1863 – 3 September 1926) was a French-naturalized Belgian playwright.
Biography
A great-grandson of the painter Philippe-Auguste Hennequin, Maurice Hennequin was the son of Alfred Hennequin (1842–1887), him ...
and Albin Valabrègue, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
*1962: ''La Grande Catherine'' by
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
, Comédie-Française
*1962: ''L'Idée d'Élodie'' by Michel André, Théâtre Michel
*1962: ''La Contessa ou la Volupté d'être'' by
Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
Life and career
Born in Paris, France, Druon was the s ...
, Théâtre de Paris
*1963: ''C'est ça qui m'flanqu'le cafard'' by Arthur L. Kopit, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1963: ''Léon ou La Bonne Formule'' by ,
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...
*1964: '' Le Minotaure'' by Marcel Aymé, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1964: ''Têtes de rechange'' by Jean-Victor Pellerin, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1964: ''Moumou'' by Jean de Letraz, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1964: ''Les Escargots meurent debout'' by
Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Blanche was ...
, Théâtre Fontaine
*1964: ''Quand épousez-vous ma femme ?'' by
Jean Bernard-Luc
Jean Bernard-Luc, real name Lucien Boudousse, (Guatemala City, 8 February 1909 – Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), 18 May 1985) was a 20th-century French screenwriter and dialoguist.
Biography
Born in Guatemala, he arrived in France with his parents a ...
and
Jean-Pierre Conty
Jean Pierre Conty, real name Jean Pierre Walrafen, (9 December 1917 - 12 September 1984) was a 20th-century French writer, famous for his spying novels.
The hero of most of his novel is Mr. Suzuki, a Japanese spy. He has also published under the ...
,
Théâtre du Vaudeville
The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles.
Af ...
*1965: ''Les Filles'' by Jean Marsan, Théâtre Édouard VII
*1967: ''Interdit au public'' by Jean Marsan, Théâtre Saint-Georges
*1969: ''Les Italiens à Paris'' by Charles Charras and
André Gille
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation ...
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...
'' by Molière, Festival d'
Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
Théâtre de la Madeleine
The Théâtre de la Madeleine is a theater in Paris built in the English style in 1924 on the site of a carousel. The first major success of the theatre came with the presentation of part one of '' The Merchants of Glory'' by Marcel Pagnol.
The T ...
*1972: '' Le Noir te va si bien'' by Jean Marsan, Théâtre Antoine
*1972: ''Le Saut du lit'' by
Ray Cooney
Raymond George Alfred Cooney, OBE (born 30 May 1932) is an English playwright, actor, and director.
His biggest success, '' Run for Your Wife'' (1983), ran for nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 ...
and John Chapman, Théâtre Montparnasse
*1973: ''La Débauche'' by
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...
, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
*1973: ''
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...
'' by Molière, Théâtre Mogador
*1975: ''La Grosse'' by
Charles Laurence
Charles Laurence (10 January 1931 – 13 July 2013) was a British actor and playwright who worked in films and television.
Early life
Charles Laurence was born Carlos Felipes in Tangiers when it was an International zone, to a Swiss-Scottish m ...
, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
*1976: ''Voyez-vous ce que je vois ?'' by
Ray Cooney
Raymond George Alfred Cooney, OBE (born 30 May 1932) is an English playwright, actor, and director.
His biggest success, '' Run for Your Wife'' (1983), ran for nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 ...
and John Chapman,
Théâtre de la Michodière
The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre.
History
On the si ...
Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval (1895–1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.
Novels
*''Marie Galante'' (1931)
Plays
*''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920)
*''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in three acts (1926); translate ...
Ray Cooney
Raymond George Alfred Cooney, OBE (born 30 May 1932) is an English playwright, actor, and director.
His biggest success, '' Run for Your Wife'' (1983), ran for nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 ...
and John Chapman,
Théâtre des Variétés
The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974.
History
It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ...
Marcel Aboulker Marcel Aboulker (1 January 1905 in Algiers – 7 September 1952 in Garches) was a French Algerian screenwriter and film director. Aboulker built up a successful career from the late 1940s directing comedy films before his death from illness at the ...
)
*
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
André Hunebelle
André Hunebelle (1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director.
Master Glass Artist
After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a mas ...
) - M. de Peyrolles
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Jean Girault
Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ...
) - le professeur Alexis Schmutz
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
Éric Rohmer
Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher.
Rohmer was the last of the post-World ...
) - le clochard
*1962: ''
Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin
Arsène is a masculine French given name. It is derived from the Latin name ''Arsenius'', the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀρσἐνιος (''Arsenios''), which means "male, virile". It has also been used as a surname. It may refer to:
Gi ...
'' (by
Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde.
He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', '' Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle B ...
The Mysteries of Paris
''The Mysteries of Paris'' (french: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. It was published serially in 90 parts in ''Journal des débats'' from 19 June 1842 until 15 October 1843, making it one of the first seria ...
'' (by
André Hunebelle
André Hunebelle (1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director.
Master Glass Artist
After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a mas ...
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
Jean Girault
Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ...
Serge Korber
Serge Korber (1 February 1936 – 23 January 2022) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1962 and 2007. Successful as the director of comedies starring Louis de Funès in ''L'homme orchestre'' and '' ...
)
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
Guy Lefranc
Guy Lefranc (21 October 1919 - 1 February 1994) was a French director and screenwriter.
Filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lefranc, Guy
1919 births
1994 deaths
French male screenwriters
20th-century French screen ...
) - le père de Berthe
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...
Michel Audiard
Paul Michel Audiard (; 15 May 1920 – 27 July 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He ...
Roger Kahane
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)
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
Nina Companeez
Nina Companeez (26 August 1937 – 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director. Nina Companeez was the younger daughter of Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter Jacques Companéez and younger sister of contralto Irène Compan ...
Serge Korber
Serge Korber (1 February 1936 – 23 January 2022) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1962 and 2007. Successful as the director of comedies starring Louis de Funès in ''L'homme orchestre'' and '' ...
) - le docteur du paquebot
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...
) - Margos
*1975: ''
Divine
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine< ...
Jean Yanne
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
* Jea ...
) - Drouillard
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
: ''
La Belle vie
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
'' (by
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an a ...
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
Yves Ciampi
Yves Ciampi (; 9 February 1921 – 5 November 1982) was a French film director. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975. His 1965 film '' Heaven on One's Head'' was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Fest ...
) - Beria
*
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
: ''
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 ...
'' (by
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and worl ...
Au théâtre ce soir
Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* .au, the internet country code for Australia
* Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
* Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer
* Adobe Aud ...
Jean Marsan
Jean Marsan (7 April 1920 – 29 September 1977) was a French screenwriter and actor. He was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''The Sheep Has Five Legs'' (1954).
Selected filmography
* ''The Secret of Monte Crist ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director
Pierre Sabbagh
Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director.
Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of ...
, Théâtre Marigny
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
Georges Berr
Georges Berr (30 July 1867 – 21 July 1942) in Paris, was a French actor and dramatist, a member and sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1886 to 1923.
Under the pseudonyms Colias and Henry Bott he wrote several plays, particularly in c ...
and
Louis Verneuil
Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage (14 May 1893 – 3 November 1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil, was a French playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
Biography
Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote approximately sixty plays and was be ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, YV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Marcel Aymé
Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children.
Biography
Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of si ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...
: ''
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
* 1971: ''
Fric-frac
''Fric-Frac'' is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara, starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon. It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to ...
'' by
Édouard Bourdet
Édouard Bourdet ( Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 26 October 1887 – Paris, 17 January 1945) was a 20th-century French playwright.
He was married to the poet, Catherine Pozzi; their son was Claude Bourdet.
Plays
*1910: ''Le Rubicon''
*1912: ''La Cage o ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
*1971: '' De doux dingues'' by Joseph Carole, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Georges Folgoas, Théâtre Marigny
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
: ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'' by
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Georges Folgoas, Théâtre Marigny
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
: '' Le noir te va si bien'' by Jean Marsan after Saül O'Hara, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII
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1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...
Marc Michel
Marc Michel (February 10, 1929 – 3 November 2016) was a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films.
He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's ''Le Trou'' (1960), and two films ...
, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
*1978: ''
Volpone
''Volpone'' (, Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-perfor ...
'' by
Jules Romains
Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cycle ...
Ben Jonson
Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for t ...
, directed by Jean Meyer, TV directorPierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
*1978: '' Miam miam ou le Dîner d'affaires'' by Jacques Deval, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
: ''
Le Malade imaginaire
''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' (French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act ''comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H.49 ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
;Theatre director openly
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1972
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Pierre Barillet
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Biography
Barillet was born in Paris, France. Passionate about theatre since childhood, he wrote his first play, ''Les Héritiers'', in 1945 after being a law student. ...
and
Jean-Pierre Gredy
Jean-Pierre Grédy, often anglicised as Gredy (16 August 1920 – 6 February 2022) was a French playwright.
Biography
After studying literature and law, Grédy entered IDHEC because he wanted to write screenplays.
He wrote the screenplay for ...
, TV director Pierre Sabbagh Théâtre Marigny
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1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...