Tayeb Saddiki (; 5 January 1939 – 5 February 2016) was a Moroccan
theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
and one of the most iconic and prominent Arab artists, and is considered among the foremost Arab dramatists of the twentieth century. Trained in classical Western theater, Saddiki also embraced traditional Moroccan theatrical styles, fusing the two into a path-breaking combination of Western and traditional Moroccan theater. Known for staging spectacles played to large crowds in big arenas, Saddiki developed a style of festive theater that became a popular in the Arab world.
He is a pioneer of Arab theater and an actor and a film director, but also an award-winning author writing in both Arabic and French. From a family of scholars, he was born in
Essaouira
Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It h ...
and grew up in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
. After training courses with
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
, at the age of 17 he went abroad to France to study theater at Comédie de l'Ouest - CDO, directed by Hubert Gignoux. Back in
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
, together with the Union Marocaine du Travail (UMT) he founded a Workers' theater / Al Masrah Al Oummali (1957). After that, he returned to France to further study theater tecnics at the TNP -the National Popular Theater in Paris-, under the direction of
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 23, he became artistic director of the Mohamed V theater (théâtre national Mohammed-V). After that he worked as director of the municipal theater of Casablanca (théâtre municipal de Casablanca) from 1964 to 1977.
He founded several theatre companies, Firqat Saddiki / Saddiki's troupe, Al Masrah Al Jawal / Traveling theater, Masrah Ennas / People's Theater and also his own cultural center at
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Espace Tayeb Saddiki (Tayeb Saddiki's center) at the boulevard Gandhi in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
.
(Source :
Tayeb Saddiki Foundation)
Biography
* 1953 - Stage of Dramatic Art at Maâmora (Morocco), Interpretation Award / Direction
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
and Charles Nugue
* 1954 - First contract with Moroccan theater troupe / la troupe du théâtre marocain, the first professional troupe in Morocco
* 1956 - Workshop at Centre Dramatique de l’Ouest – C.D.O,
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departmen ...
- Direction Hubert Gignoux
* 1957 - Works at the National Popular Theater (
Théâtre National Populaire
The Théâtre national populaire (French for ''People's National Theater'') is a theatre now at Villeurbanne, France. It was founded in 1920 by Firmin Gémier in Paris.
Today, the TNP has a company of ten resident actors and the building is cur ...
) - T.N.P in Paris, Direction
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 ...
* 1957-1958 - Founder of the Workers' theater (Al Masrah Al Oummali), Morocco
* 1959 - Training course at the Center Dramatique de l'Est - D.E, Direction Hubert Gignoux
* 1960 - Study Tour
Berliner Ensemble
The Berliner Ensemble () is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile, the company first worked at Wolfgang Langho ...
- Germany, Direction Hélène Weigel -
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
's theatre company
* 1960 - Founder of The troupe of the Municipal Theater / (La troupe du Théâtre Municipal),
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1963 - Founder of Firqat Saddiki / Saddiki's troupe, Morocco
* 1964 - Artistic director of the Mohamed V theater (théâtre national Mohammed-V),
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populatio ...
* 1967-1969 - Member of the executive committee of Institut International du Théâtre, I.T.I –
UNESCO
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* 1964-1977 - Director of the municipal theater of Casablanca (théâtre municipal de Casablanca),
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1970-1977 - Founder of
Café-théâtre, Théâtre Municipal de Casablanca,
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1970 - Founder of Masrah Ennas /
People's Theater,
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1974 - Founder of Al Masrah Al Jawal / Traveling theater,
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1980 - Founder of Essaouira Festival Music first / la musique d'abord
* 1980 - 1982 - Responsible at the Ministry of Tourism,
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1984-1986 - Television is moving (Attalfaza Tataharrak), S.N.R.T, program to revamp Moroccan television programs,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
* 1997 - Founder of the Espace Tayeb Saddiki (Mogador Theater),
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
Distinctions
Works
* Theater director: more than eighty works
* Repertory: has written thirty two plays (in Arabic and French), translation and adaptation of thirty-four dramatic works, eighteen co-written works
* Actor: in about fifty plays, a dozen movies and thirty five dramatic works and television shows
* Painter Calligrapher: Exhibitions in Morocco and Tunisia, Kuwait, Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, France, Canada, Belgium, Algeria ...
* Cinema: directed four short films and a movie (Zeft - 1984), wrote and directed a dozen documentaries and played in a dozen films
* Television: produced and directed for television thirty shows
* Television is moving (Attalfaza Tataharrak)": program to redesign programs of the Moroccan television
SNRT
The National Company of Radio and Television ( ar, الشَرِكَة الوَطَنِيَّة لِلْإِذَاعَة وَالتَلْفَزَة, ''; french: Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision, SNRT''; , ') is the public b ...
(1984-1986)
* Other:
** Participated to the researches and writing of the book: Morocco and Traditional Islamic Crafts in Architecture (Le Maroc et l'Artisanat Traditionnel Islamique dans l'Architecture / Le Paccard) - 2 volumes, Author : André Paccard, Edition: Workshop 74, 1986
** Prefacier of the book: Mogador, my love (Mogador, mon amour), Author: Marcel Crespil, Illustrator: William Olegini, Edition: Casablanca: EDDIF, 1990
** Illustrator of the book: Freshness of Islam (Fraîcheur de l'Islam), Author: Gabriel Bounoure (1886-1969), Edition: Saint-Clément-la-Rivière: , 1995 ''
** Contributed to the writing of the book Moroccan Civilization, Arts and Cultures (Civilisation Marocaine, Arts et Cultures), under the direction of
Mohamed Sijelmassi Mohamed Sijelmassi (1932, Kenitra – 17 October 2007, Casablanca) was a Moroccan writer and physician. He is the author of several books on art, Moroccan culture and islamic heritage.
Works (selection)
*1972: ''La Peinture marocaine''
*1974: ''L ...
, editions OUM and Actes Sud / Sindbad, 1996
Cinema actor
* 1955 :
Le Poulet (The Chicken),
Jean Fléchet
* 1956 : Le médecin malgré lui (Toubib Al Affia), Directed by
Henry Jacques, adapted from
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 world ...
, presented at Cannes festival in 1956 (official selection)
* 1957 : Brahim ou le collier de beignets (Brahim or the necklace of donuts), by Jean Fléchet, Presented at the
Berlin Festival
Berlin Festival was an annual two-day outdoor rock/electronic music event that took place every September in Berlin.http://www.berlinfestival.de/ Berlin Festival It was first organized in 2005, and over time its audience grew to about 20,000 v ...
(1957)
* 1959: Loqmat Aïch (for a bite of bread), by
Larbi Bennani
* 1960: Les fourberies Scapin, (
Scapin the Schemer
''Scapin the Schemer'' (french: Les Fourberies de Scapin) is a three-act comedy of intrigue by the French playwright Molière. The title character Scapin is similar to the archetypical Scapino character. The play was first staged on 24 May 1671 ...
), Cinema adaptation of
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 world ...
's play (in Arabic), directed by
Jean Mousselle and adapted by
Mahieddine Bachtarzi Algeria
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, production Fred Orain : Castella Films & Armor Films
* 1962: Tartarin De Tarascon,
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 ...
* 1962: The children of the sun (Les enfants du soleil),
Jacques Severac Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films ...
of 1962 (official selection)
* 1962:
Lawrence of Arabia
Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...
,
David Lean
Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics '' The Bridge on the River ...
* 1976: Arrissala (The Message),
Mostapha Akkad
* 1977:
Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia ( Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city, ...
Queen of
Palmyrene, Serie TV with
Nidal Al Achkar
* 1984: Zeft (Ashphalte), by Tayeb Saddiki
* 1986: The child of the sand (L’enfant du sable),
Hamid Bénani
* 1995: The Prayer of the Absentee (La prière de l’absent),
Hamid Bénani
* 2001: Assir Al Matrouz (the man who embroidered secrets), Omar Chraïbi
* 2008: Voyage court mais trash (Short but trashy trip), Short film by
Raja Saddiki
Scenarios and productions
Motion picture
* Zeft, movies from the play by the same author Sidi Yassin Fi Tariq
Movie Scenarios
*
Blood Wedding
''Blood Wedding'' ( es, link=no, Bodas de sangre) is a tragedy by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed at Teatro Beatriz in Madrid in March 1933, then later that year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
,
Souheil Ben Barka, 1976, as co-writer and dialogue
* Sijnabad, written by Tayeb Saddiki in 1984, never shot
* The golden tooth / la dent d'or, written by Tayeb Saddiki in 1985, never shot
Documentaries
* Traditional medicine with Jacques Barratier (40 min)
* Dragonfly (Libellule) (30 min)
* The Ciriers of Fez (22 min)
* Moroccan painting (36 min)
* Agadir's marquee (40 min)
* Dakira (memory), 10 hours on the history of Morocco
* It was a faith (Il était une foi) (30 min), film about the
Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque ( ar, مسجد الحسن الثاني, french: Grande Mosquée Hassan II) is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's ...
with Hamid Berrada
Institutional films
* BCM (30 min)
* OCP (40 min)
* The Marrakech Festival (26 min)
* I.U.M (University of Ifrane) (25 min)
* The Baghdad Festival (20 min)
Adapted works for television
* Al Faylassouf
* Mahjouba
* The Farce of the Master Pathelin
*
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-perform ...
* Diwan Sidi Abderrahman El Mejdoub
* Sidi Yassin Fi Tariq
* El Harraz (2 versions)
* Annour Oua Addijour
* Khourafat Al Maskine
* Annakcha
* Translated Signs
* The superstition
* The good ones
* The Fear of the Blows
* Al Qouq fi Sandouq
* Moummou Boukhersa
* Nahnou
* Massiratouna
* Alf Hikaya Wa Hikaya Fi Souq Okad
* Maqamat Badii Ezzamane El Hamadani
* Aswat Oua Adouae
* The Seven Grains Of Beauty
* Al Fil Wa Sarawil
* Wa Laou Kanat Foula
* Jnane Chiba
* Qaftane Al Hob Al Mrassae Bal Houa
* Al Qouq Fi Sandouq
* Bouktef
* Azizi
* Al Karassi
Plays
* Ammi Zalt
** Original work: Bonhomme Misère
** Staging and dramatic rewriting :
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
** Adaptation: Ahmed Taïeb El Alj
** Language : Arabic
* Maâlem Azzouz
** Original work:
Le Barbier de Séville
''The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution'' (french: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as an opéra comi ...
,
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist ...
** Adaptation: Ataa Ouakil (Abdessamad Kenfaoui, Tahar Ouaâziz and Ahmed Taïeb El Alj)
** Stage direction:
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
** Language : Arabic
1955-1956
* Ach’taba (les balayeurs)
** Original work: Troupe du Théâtre Marocain
** Stage direction:
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
** Language : Arabic
* Aâmayel J’ha
** Original work: Les fourberies de Scapin,
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 world ...
** Adaptation: Ataa Ouakil (Abdessamad Kenfaoui, Tahar Ouaâziz and Ahmed Taïeb El Alj)
** Stage direction:
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
** Assistant: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Hamland
** Original work:
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 ...
** Translation: Khalil Matran, Tahar Ouaâziz
** Stage direction:
André Voisin
André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...
** Language : Arabic
* Ahl Al Kahf (les gens de la caverne)
** Original work:
Tawfiq Al Hakim
** Stage direction: Didier Béraud
** Language : Arabic
1956-1957
*
Al Warith
** Original work: Le légataire universel,
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 ...
** Adaptation: Ahmed Taïeb El Alj and Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*Al Faylassouf (le philosophe)
** Original work: La jalousie du barbouillé de
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 world ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Ahmed Taïeb El Alj and Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*Le médecin volant,
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 world ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Ahmed Taïeb El Alj and Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*
Les Bonnes, Jean Genand
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Ahmed Taïeb El Alj and Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1957-1958
*Al Moufattich
** Original work: Le Révizor de Nicolaï Gogol
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*
Volte-face
Volte-face ( or ) is a total change of position, as in policy or opinion; an about-face.
The expression comes from the French language.
In the context of politics a volte-face is, in modern English, often referred to as a U-turn or a flip- ...
** Original work: Bayn Yawm Wa layla (entre jour and nuit) de
Tawfiq Al Hakim
** Translation : Théâtre multicolore, recueil de pièces de théâtre, Nouvelles Ed. Latines, 1954
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : French
1958-1959
*Al Jins Allatif
** Original work: L’assemblée des femmes and
Lysistrata
''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponn ...
d’
Aristophane
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*Pantagleize
** Original work:
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 a ...
** Stage direction: Georges Goubert
** Language : French
**Centre dramatique de l’Ouest – C.D.O. (role : Ban Boulah)
1959-1960
*Le Carthaginois
** Original work: Plaute
** Adaptation : Henri Clouard
** Stage direction:
Daniel Sorano
** Language : French
**
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 ...
, Paris (role: Milphin)
*Les fourberies de Scapin
** Original work:
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 world ...
** Stage direction: Jacques Sarthou
** Language : French
**
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 ...
, Paris (role:
Scapin)
*La peur des coups,
Georges Courteline
Georges Courteline born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux (25 June 1858 – 25 June 1929) was a French dramatist and novelist, a satirist notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor.
Biography
His family moved from Tours in Indre-et-Loire to Pari ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
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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-perform ...
,
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 ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1960-1961
*Qissat Al Hasnae (histoire de la belle)
** Original work:
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English , was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries. Today, she is mainly rem ...
, Jean Carrole
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*Safar Tchûn Li
** Original work: Le Voyage de Tchong-li,
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*Moulat Al Foundouk
** Original work:
La locandiera de
Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to:
*Carlo (name)
*Monte Carlo
*Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
*A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...
** Adaptation : Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction: Abdessamad Dinia
** Language : Arabic
*Mahjouba
** Original work:
L’école des femmes,
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 world ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1961-1962
* Fi Intidar Mabrouk
** Original work:
En attendant Godot de Samuel Beckandt
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Al Fassl Al Akhir
** Original work: Aziz Seghrouchni
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1962-1963
* Al Moussadafa
** Original work: Le jeu de l’amour and du hasard,
Pierre de Marivaux
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.
He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing nume ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1963-1964
* Hamid ou Hammad
** Original work: Abdallah Chakroun
** Adaptation : Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction: Abdessamad Dinia
** Language : Arabic
*
Oued El Makhazine (
The Battle of the Three Kings)
** Original work & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1964-1965
* Moummou Boukhersa
** Original work: Amédée ou comment s’en débarrasser,
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco inst ...
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1965-1966
* Soltan Tolba
** Original work: Abdessamad Kenfaoui
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Sidi Yassin Fi Tariq
** Original work & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Al Maghrib Wahed (le Maroc est Un)
** Original work: Saïd Saddiki and Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1966-1967
* Madinat Annouhas
** Original work: Saïd Saddiki
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Rajoul Fi Al Massida
** Original work: ,
Robert Thomas
** Adaptation & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1967-1968
* Diwan Sidi Abderrahman El Mejdoub
** Original work & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1968-1969
*
Moulay Ismaïl
** Original work: Saïd Saddiki and Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1969-1970
* Annakcha
** Original work : Le journal d’un fou, Nicolaï Gogol
** Original work & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Al Akbach Tatamarrane
** Original work: Ahmed Taïeb El Alj and Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Arras Oua Achaâkouka
** Original work: Saïd Saddiki
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1970-1971
* Kaddour Nour and Ghandour
** Original work: Fando and lys,
Fernando Arrabal
Fernando Arrabal Terán (born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterrado", ...
** Adaptation : Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction : Hamid Zoughi
** Language : Arabic
** Language : Arabic
* Je mange de ce pain-là (I eat from that Bread)
** Original work and stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : French
* ‘Ala Baladi Al Mahboub
** Original work:
Ali Haddani and Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
** Epic show
* Al Harraz
** Original work : Abdeslam Chraïbi
** Rewriting & Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1971-1972
* Maârakat Zellaqa
** Original work and Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
* Maqamat Badii Ezzamane El Hamadani
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1972-1973
* Annour Oua Addijour
** Original work : Abdeslam Chraïbi and Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* La magie rouge (Red Magic)
** Original work :
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 a ...
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Presented by two theatratic troupes : ATF (Friends of French theatre, France) and Masrah Ennas (Morocco)
** Language : French
* Kane Ya Ma Kane Aou Maghrib 73
** Original work : Saïd Saddiki
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1973-1974
* Essefoud
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Al Qouq fi Sandouq
** Original work : Misère and noblesse, Eduardo Scarpandta
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
*
Moulay Idriss
** Original work : Abdeslam Al Beqqali
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1974-1975
* Khourafat Al Maskine
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Cha’ir Al Hamra
** Collective creation
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
* Al Massira Al Khadra
** Collective creation
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1975-1976
* Al Ghoufrane
** Original work : Azzeddine El Madani, from the book of Abou Alaa Al Maârri
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1976-1977
* Bouktef
** Original work : Abdessamad Kenfaoui
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1979-1980
*
Darna
Darna () is a Filipina superheroine created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. The character's first appearance was in ''Pilipino Komiks'' (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 on May 13, 1950. Darna is a retooling of Ravelo's earlier cha ...
** Original work : Tayeb Saddiki
** One Man Show / Tales
** Language : Arabic / French
1980-1981
*Iqad Assarira fi Tarikh Essaouira
** Original work : Mohamed Ben Saïd Saddiki
** Adaptation and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
* Al Bey’aa
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1982-1983
* Chants Mystiques, les confréries
** Original work and Stage direction: Tayeb Saddiki
** Poems and texts from Sufis and mystics
** Language : Arabic
1983-1984
* Kitab Al Imtae Wa Al Mouanassa (
Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī)
** Original work : Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic / French
1984-1985
* Alf Hikaya Wa Hikaya fi Souq Okad
** Original work :
Walid Saif
** Scenario : Tayeb Saddiki and Nidal Ashqar
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
1985-1986
* Massiratouna
** Collective creation
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
* Nahnou
** Collective creation
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1989-1990
* Aswat Oua Adouae
** Original work : Saïd Saddiki and Mohammed Kaouti
** Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Epic show
1990-1991
* Les sept grains de beauté
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : French
* Les folies berbères
** Original work : Tayeb Saddiki
** Stage direction :
Abdelkader Alloula
** Language : French / Arabic
1991-1992
* Nous sommes faits pour nous entendre
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : French
1993-1994
* Molière, ou pour l’amour de l’humanité (Prix Atlas)
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : French
1996-1997
* Al Fil Oua Saraouil (éléphant and pantalons)
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Bsat theater en Arabic
1997-1998
* Jnane Chiba
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Bsat theater in Arabic
* Wa Laou Kanat Foula
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Bsat theater in Arabic
1998-1999
* Qaftane Al Hob Al Mrassae Bal Houa
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Bsat theater in Arabic
1999-2000
* As’hour ‘Inda Al Mouslimine, Al Yahoud wa Annassara
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Bsat theater in Arabic
2000-2001
* Tiw Tiw
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
** Kids theater
2001-2002
* Al Masrah Elmahdoume
** Original work : Tayeb Saddiki (translated from le dîner de gala)
** Adaptation and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
2003-2004
* Azizi
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki from original texts and poems of Saïd Saddiki
** Language : Arabic and French
* La Boule Magique (la Bola Magica)
** Original work and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic and Spanish
** Kids theater
2005-2006
* Al Karassi
** Original work : les chaises,
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco inst ...
** Adaptation and Stage direction : Tayeb Saddiki
** Language : Arabic
2010-2011
* Bouhdi (Wana Mali) (Alone, Why do I care)
** Original work: Tayeb Saddiki
** One Man Show
** Language : Arabic / French
2018-2019
* Sidi Abderrahmane El
Majdoub
** Original work: Tayeb Saddiki (1966)
** Production :
Tayeb Saddiki Foundation
** Language : Arabic
**
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
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United Arab Emirates
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References
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Moroccan male writers
Moroccan dramatists and playwrights
1939 births
2016 deaths
People from Essaouira
Male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
20th-century male writers
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres