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 Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...

and for one season (1946–1947), directed the Centre dramatique de l'Est based in Colmar. There he established a troupe with the comedians Françoise Christophe,

André Reybaz André Reybaz (born 29 October 1929 in Paris, France, died 7 April 1989 in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is locat ...

, Catherine Toth. He then returned to the Comédie des Champs-Élysées and became theatre director of

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 ...

's plays.

Theatre

Comedian

* 1937 : ''

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...

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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 ...

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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 Foir ...

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 ...

* 1942 : ''Faux Jour'' by Herman Closson, mise en scène

Paulette Pax Paulette Pax (née Paulette Ménard born in 1887 in Russia – died in 1942 in Paris) was a French actress, theatre director and scenographer. She co-directed the Théâtre de l'Œuvre from 1929 until her death succeeding Bella Rossellini. The ...

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� ...

* 1947 : ''

Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...

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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 ...

, mise en scène Roland Piétri, Centre dramatique de l'Est Colmar * 1951 : '' Siegfried'' de

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His wo ...

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, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1953 : '' L'Alouette'' by

, mise en scène Roland Piétri et Jean Anouilh, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1956 : '' Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1957 : '' Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1958 : '' Ardèle ou la Marguerite'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1959 : '' L'Hurluberlu'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1960 : '' Le Tartuffe'' by

, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1960 : ''Le Songe du critique'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène by the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1966 : '' Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1967 : '' Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh,

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. ...

* 1969 : '' Dear Antoine: or, the Love That Failed'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1969 : ''Un ami imprévu'' de Robert Thomas after Agatha Christie, mise en scène Roland Piétri, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1973 : ''

The Waltz of the Toreadors ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'' (''La Valse des toréadors'') is a 1951 play by Jean Anouilh. Plot This bitter farce is set in 1910 France and focuses on General Léon Saint-Pé and his infatuation with Ghislaine, a woman with whom he danced at a g ...

'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1974 : '' Colombe'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène Roland Piétri and Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées

Theatre director

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Le Chandelier ''Le Chandelier'' is an 1835 play in three acts by French dramatist Alfred de Musset. The play was first published in 1835 in ''Revue des deux Mondes''. It was first staged at the Théâtre Historique in August 1848 with Mademoiselle Maillet a ...

'' and '' Un caprice'' by Alfred de Musset, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1942 : ''Snouck'' by Philippe Frey, mise en scène with

, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1944 : ''La Nuit de la Saint-Jean'' by

J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succ ...

, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1945 : '' La Sauvage'' by

, mise en scène with Claude Sainval, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1945 : ''Candida'' de

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 des Champs-Élysées * 1946 : ''

And Then There Were None ''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as ...

'' by Agatha Christie, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1947 : ''Le Survivant'' by Jean-François Noël, Centre dramatique de l'Est Colmar * 1947 : ''Les Folies amoureuses'' by

Jean-François Regnard Jean-François Regnard (7 February 1655 – 4 September 1709), "the most distinguished, after Molière, of the comic poets of the seventeenth century", was a dramatist, born in Paris, who is equally famous now for the travel diary he kept of a vo ...

, Centre dramatique de l'Est Colmar * 1947 : ''

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, Centre dramatique de l'Est Colmar * 1948 : '' Ardèle ou la Marguerite'' by Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1950 : ''Va faire un tour au bois'' by Roger Dornès,

Théâtre Gramont The théâtre Gramont was a theatre venue located at 30 rue de Gramont in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. René Dupuy was the managing director from 1954 to 1973. The place was transformed into a movie theatre (Le Gramont) in April 1974 then chan ...

* 1950 : ''La mariée est trop belle'' by Michel Duran,

Théâtre Saint-Georges The Théâtre Saint-Georges is a theatre in the French capital Paris, located on the Rue Saint-Georges from which it takes its name. Designed by the architect Charles Siclis,Stoddard p.88 it was constructed on the site of a former mansion and ope ...

* 1951 : '' Les Innocents'' by William Archibald, Théâtre Édouard VII * 1952 : ''La Grande Roue'' de , Théâtre Saint-Georges * 1952 : ''

'' by Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1952 : ''La Grande Oreille'' by Guillaume Hanoteau, Théâtre Saint-Georges * 1953 : '' L'Alouette'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1954 : ''Cécile ou l'École des pères'' by Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1955 : '' Ornifle ou le Courant d'air'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1956 : '' Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1957 : ''Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by Jean Anouilh, directed by the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1958 : ''Candida'' de

, Théâtre Daunou * 1958 : '' Ardèle ou la Marguerite'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1959 : '' L'Hurluberlu'' by Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1959 : '' Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1960 : '' Le Tartuffe'' by

, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1961 : '' La Grotte'' by

, mise en scène with th author, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1962 : ''L'Orchestre'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1962 : '' La Foire d'empoigne'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1962 : '' Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir'' by

Roger Vitrac Roger Vitrac (; 17 November 1899 – 22 January 1952) was a French surrealist playwright and poet. Early life Roger Vitrac was born in Pinsac on 17 November 1899, before his family moved to Paris in 1910.:527 As a young man, he was influenced b ...

, mise en scène with Jean Anouilh, Théâtre de l'Ambigu * 1963 : ''Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir'' by Roger Vitrac, mise en scène with Jean Anouilh,

Théâtre de l'Athénée The Théâtre de l'Athénée is a theatre at 7 rue Boudreau, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Renovated in 1996 and classified a historical monument, the Athénée inherits an artistic tradition marked by the figure of Louis Jouvet who direc ...

* 1963 : ''L'Acheteuse'' by Steve Passeur, mise en scène with Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1964 : '' Richard III'' by

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 natio ...

, mise en scène with Jean Anouilh, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1965 : ''L'Acheteuse'' by Steve Passeur, mise en scène with Jean Anouilh, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1966 : ''

Das Käthchen von Heilbronn ' (''Katie of Heilbronn or The Trial by Fire'') (1807–1808) is a "great historical knightly play" (German: ') in five acts by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist. The action of the drama takes place in Swabia during the Middle Ages. Perf ...

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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 ...

, mise en scène xith Jean Anouilh, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1966 : '' Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Théâtre Montparnasse * 1967 : '' Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author,

* 1968 : '' L'Alouette'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Théâtre de Paris * 1968 : '' Le Boulanger, la Boulangère et le Petit Mitron'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1969 : ''Un ami imprévu'' by Robert Thomas after Agatha Christie, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1969 : ''L'Ascenseur électrique'' by Julien Vartet,

Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on t ...

* 1969 : '' Dear Antoine: or, the Love That Failed'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1970 : '' Ne réveillez pas Madame'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1970 : '' Les Poissons rouges'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author,

* 1971 : '' Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu'' by Jean Anouilh,

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 ...

* 1972 : '' Tu étais si gentil quand tu étais petit'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Théâtre Antoine * 1972 : '' Le Directeur de l'Opéra'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1973 : ''

'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1974 : '' Colombe'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1975 : '' L'Arrestation'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author,

* 1976 : '' Chers zoiseaux'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées * 1976 : '' Le Scénario'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author,

* 1978 : '' La Culotte'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with th author,

* 1979 : '' Ardèle ou la Marguerite'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with Pierre Mondy,

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 ...

* 1981 : '' Le Nombril'' by Jean Anouilh, mise en scène with the author,

Filmography

;Cinrma * 1938 : '' Entrée des artistes'' by Marc Allégret * 1956 : ''

Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle ''Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle'' is a French-East German film, based on ''The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak''. It was released in 1956. Cast * Gérard Philipe: Till Eulenspiegel * Jean Vilar: The Duke of Alva * Fernand Ledoux ...

'' by

Gérard Philipe Gérard Philipe (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theatre and cinema, he was, until his early death, one of the main ...

;Television * 1969 : ' : ''Un ami imprévu'' by Robert Thomas after Agatha Christie, mise en scène Roland Piétri, 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 The Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny in the 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panora ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pietri, Roland French male stage actors Theatre directors from Paris Male actors from Paris 1910 births 1986 deaths