Jean Vilar
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Jean Vilar | |
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Born | 25 March 1912 |
Died | 28 May 1971 Sète, Hérault, France | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | Actor and director |
Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director.[1]
Career
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 small theatre in Paris. In 1947, he accepted an invitation to direct the first annual drama festival at Avignon.
Frustrated with what he felt was the narrow élitist horizons of the theatre, he devoted himself to creating a "people's theatre" and became a dominant force in the decentralization of theatre. He created two major theatrical institutions, the Festival d'Avignon and the Théâtre National Populaire. His policy was to make theatre accessible to the greatest possible number of people.
Commemoration
Like Paul Valery, he is buried in the Cimetiere Marin, Sete. On 18 July 1979 the theatre department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the city of Avignon and the Association Jean Vilar opened the Maison Jean-Vilar in the Hôtel de Crochans in Avignon to further Vilar's work, the Festival d'Avignon, the 'OFF' and theatre and performance in Avignon and the surrounding region.[2]
Personal life
He was married to the artist Andrée Vilar (1916-2009) and worked with his sister in law Valentine Schlegel at the Festival d'Avignon.[3]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1946 | Gates of the Night | Le clochard / La fortune | |
1947 | The Sharks of Gibraltar | Percy Carters | |
1948 | The Bouquinquant Brothers | Le prêtre | |
1948 | Carrefour du crime | Inspecteur Dominique | |
1948 | Bagarres | L'innocent | |
1949 | Les eaux troubles | Ulysse | |
1949 | La ferme des sept péchés | L'homme gris / Grey man | |
1950 | Thirst of Men | Le typographe | |
1950 | Justice Is Done | Le prêtre à l'imprimerie | |
1951 | Casabianca | Submarine Commandant Jean L'Herminier | |
1951 | Les mousquetaires du roi | ||
1952 | Jocelyn | Le supérieur du nouveau séminaire | |
1956 | Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle | Le duc d'Albe | |
1958 | Arènes joyeuses | ||
1961 | Enclosure | Narrator | Voice |
1969 | Des Christs par milliers | Jean | |
1971 | Raphael, or The Debauched One | Horace | |
1971 | Le petit matin | Paul | (final film role) |
References
- ^ Drain, Richard (1995) Twentieth-Century Theatre: A Sourcebook, Routledge
- ^ "Maison Jean Vilar à Avignon : expositions, publications ..."
- ^ Lavrador, Judicaël. "Mort de la sculptrice Valentine Schlegel, âtre contemporain". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
Other sources
- Bardot, Jean Claude (1991) Jean Vilar. Paris: Colin.
- Shevtsova, Maria (2005) Jean Vilar in Fifty Key Theatre Directors, eds Mitter, S., & In Shevtsova, M., Routledge
- Téphany, J., & Barthes, R. (1995). Jean Vilar. Paris: Editions de l'Herne.
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