René Dupuy (17 May 1920 – 1 August 2009) was a French
actor
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,
theater director
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and theater manager.
A student at the
Conservatoire national d'art dramatique
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in Paris, René Dupuy was later theater manager of:
* the
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 ...
from 1954 to 1973,
* the
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 di ...
from 1966 to 1972,
* the
Théâtre Fontaine from 1972 to 1985.
He was professor of dramatic art at the .
Theatre
Comedian
* 1950: ''
Henri IV'' by
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 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 Vilar
Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director.
Career
Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 194 ...
,
Festival d'Avignon
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* 1950: ''
Le Cid
''Le Cid'' is a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year. It is based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las Mocedades del Cid''. Cast ...
'' by
Corneille, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
* 1950: ''
Le Bal des voleurs'' by
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; ; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ...
, directed by
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 Lé ...
,
Théâtre des Arts
* 1951: ''
The Prince of Homburg'' by
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 ''The Prince of Homburg'', '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'' ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
* 1956: ''
Irma la douce
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'' by
Marguerite Monnot
Marguerite Monnot (28 May 1903 – 12 October 1961), was a French songwriter and composer best known for having written many of the songs performed by Édith Piaf ("Milord", "Hymne à l'amour") and the music for the stage musical ''Irma La Douc ...
, directed by René Dupuy,
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 ...
* 1958: ''Édition de midi'' by
Mihail Sebastian
Mihail Sebastian (; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist.
Life
Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila, the son of Mendel and Clara Hechter (née We ...
, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1963: ''
You never can tell'' by
George Bernard Shaw
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, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1965: ''Pantagleize'' by
Michel de Ghelderode
Michel de Ghelderode (born Adémar Adolphe Louis Martens; 3 April 1898 – 1 April 1962) was an avant-garde Demographics of Belgium, Belgian dramatist, from Flanders, who spoke and wrote in French. His works often dealt with the extremes of huma ...
, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1966: ''La Convention de Belzébir'' by
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 ...
, directed by René Dupuy,
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 di ...
* 1966: ''
Exit the King
''Exit the King'' () is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's "Berenger Cycle", preceded by '' The Killer'' (1958) and ''Rhinocéros'' (1959), and followed by ''A Stroll in the Air'' (1963) ...
'' by
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#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...
, directed by
Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1970: ''Exit the King'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by
Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1977: ' : ''
Les Petits Oiseaux'' d'
Eugène Labiche
Eugène Marin Labiche (; 6 May 181522 January 1888) was a French dramatist. He remains famous for his contribution to the vaudeville genre and his passionate and domestic pochades.
In the 1860s, he reached his peak with a series of successe ...
, directed by René Dupuy, TV director
Pierre Sabbagh,
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 of Paris, 8th arrondissement.
It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnie ...
* 1984: ''Au théâtre ce soir'' : ''La Pomme'' by
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 b ...
and
Georges Berr, directed by René Dupuy, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
Theatre director
* 1948: ''La Vengeance d'une orpheline russe'' by
Henri Rousseau
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910)
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Gug ...
,
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 ...
* 1949: ''La Vengeance d'une orpheline russe'' by Henri Rousseau,
Studio des Champs-Élysées
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The word ''studio'' is derived from the , from , from ''studere'', meaning to study or zeal.
Types Art
The studio of any artist, esp ...
* 1951: ''
La calandria'' by
Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena,
Festival d'Avignon
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* 1954: ''Le Héros et le soldat'' by
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...
,
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 ...
* 1955: ''Le Quai Conti'' by , Théâtre Gramont
* 1956: ''À la monnaie du Pape'' by
Louis Velle, Théâtre Gramont
* 1956: ''
Irma la douce
''Irma la Douce'' (, "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Al ...
'' by
Alexandre Breffort
Alexandre Breffort (1901–1971) was a French screenwriter.
Selected filmography
* '' Follow That Man'' (1953)
1901 births
1971 deaths
French male screenwriters
20th-century French screenwriters
20th-century French male writers
{ ...
and
Marguerite Monnot
Marguerite Monnot (28 May 1903 – 12 October 1961), was a French songwriter and composer best known for having written many of the songs performed by Édith Piaf ("Milord", "Hymne à l'amour") and the music for the stage musical ''Irma La Douc ...
, Théâtre Gramont
* 1956: ''
The Playboy of the Western World
''The Playboy of the Western World'' is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. The work is considered a centerpiece of the Irish Literary Revival mo ...
'' by
John Millington Synge
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, Théâtre Gramont
* 1957: ''
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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'' by
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 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 ...
,
Théâtre de l'Ambigu
* 1958: ''Édition de midi'' by
Mihail Sebastian
Mihail Sebastian (; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist.
Life
Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila, the son of Mendel and Clara Hechter (née We ...
, Théâtre Gramont
* 1959: ''
La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet'' by
Jean Rougeul after
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (; 6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (, 1909), which has been made int ...
,
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 ...
* 1960: ''La Petite Datcha'' by Vasiliei Vasil'evitch Chkvarkin,
Théâtre Daunou
* 1961: ''Visa pour l'amour'' by
Raymond Vinci and
Francis Lopez,
Gaîté lyrique
* 1961: ''Un certain monsieur Blot'' by
Robert Rocca after
Pierre Daninos
Pierre Daninos (26 May 1913 – 7 January 2005) was a French writer and humorist.
Life
Daninos was born in Paris. He wrote ''Les carnets du Major Thompson'', which was published in 1954, and was followed by many sequels. The books in the series ...
, Théâtre Gramont
* 1962: ''À notre âge on a besoin d'amour'' and ''La Cloison'' by
Jean Savy,
Théâtre de l'Alliance française
* 1962: ''Le Timide au palais'' by
Tirso de Molina
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, Théâtre Gramont
* 1963: ''
You never can tell'' by
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...
, Théâtre Gramont
* 1964: ''
Les Fausses Confidences
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'' de
Marivaux,
Théâtre de l'Ambigu
* 1965: ''Pantagleize'' by
Michel de Ghelderode
Michel de Ghelderode (born Adémar Adolphe Louis Martens; 3 April 1898 – 1 April 1962) was an avant-garde Demographics of Belgium, Belgian dramatist, from Flanders, who spoke and wrote in French. His works often dealt with the extremes of huma ...
, Théâtre Gramont
* 1965: ''Du vent dans les branches de sassafras'' by
René de Obaldia
René de Obaldia (22 October 1918 – 27 January 2022) was a French playwright and poet. He was elected to the Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary ...
, Théâtre Gramont
* 1966: ''La Convention de Belzébir'' by
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 ...
,
Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet
* 1967: ''
A Report to an Academy
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'' by
Franz Kafka
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, Théâtre Gramont
* 1968: ''
After the Rain'' by
John Griffith Bowen
John Griffith Bowen (5 November 1924 – 18 April 2019) was a British playwright and novelist.
Early life
John Bowen was born in Calcutta, British India, India, to Ethel (née Cook) and Hugh Bowen; his father was the manager of the Shalimar Prin ...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet
* 1969: ''Les Grosses Têtes'' by
Jean Poiret
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Early career
Poire ...
and
Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.
Life and career
His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les ...
, directed by and with
Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992), was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play ''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''.
Early career
Poire ...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet
* 1969: ''Popaul et Juliette'' by André Maheux and
Mireille Hartuch
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Biography
Mire ...
,
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 ...
* 1971: ''
Fortune and Men's Eyes'' by
John Herbert, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1972: ''Le Roi des cons'' by
Georges Wolinski
Georges David Wolinski (; 28 June 19347 January 2015) was a French cartoonist and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting.
Early life
Georges David Wolinski was born on 28 June 1934 in Tunis, French T ...
,
Théâtre Fontaine
* 1973: ''Chante, Papa, chante'' by
Marcel Moussy
Marcel Moussy (7 May 1924 – 10 August 1995) was a French people, French screenwriter and television director.
Moussy was born in Algiers. He was co-nominated with François Truffaut for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the ...
,
Théâtre des Nouveautés
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* 1974: ' : ''Le Vison à cinq pattes'' by Constance Coline after
Peter Coke, TV director Jean Royer,
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 of Paris, 8th arrondissement.
It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnie ...
* 1977: ''Au théâtre ce soir'': ''
Les Petits Oiseaux'' by
Eugène Labiche
Eugène Marin Labiche (; 6 May 181522 January 1888) was a French dramatist. He remains famous for his contribution to the vaudeville genre and his passionate and domestic pochades.
In the 1860s, he reached his peak with a series of successe ...
, TV director
Pierre Sabbagh,
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 of Paris, 8th arrondissement.
It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnie ...
* 1979: ''
Troilus and Cressida
''The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida'', often shortened to ''Troilus and Cressida'' ( or ), is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602.
At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forc ...
'' by
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 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 ...
,
Théâtre Fontaine
* 1982: ''Lili Lamont'' by Arthur Whithney, Théâtre Fontaine
* 1984: ''Au théâtre ce soir'': ''La Pomme'' by
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 b ...
and
Georges Berr, TV director
Pierre Sabbagh,
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 of Paris, 8th arrondissement.
It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnie ...
* 1988: ''
Exit the King
''Exit the King'' () is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's "Berenger Cycle", preceded by '' The Killer'' (1958) and ''Rhinocéros'' (1959), and followed by ''A Stroll in the Air'' (1963) ...
'' by
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#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...
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2009 deaths
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