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Silvia Monfort (born Simone Marguerite Favre-Bertin; 6 June 1923 – 30 March 1991) was a French actress and theatre director. She was the daughter of the sculptor Charles-Maurice Favre-Bertin and the wife of Pierre Gruneberg. She was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1973, an Officer of Arts and Letters in 1979, and a Commander of Arts and Letters in 1983. She is buried in
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.


Early life

Monfort was born in the neighborhood of
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, on
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, a short distance from Rue de Thorigny, where she would set up her first theatre. Her family had lived in this Parisian neighbourhood for seven generations. Having lost her mother at an early age, she was sent to boarding school by her father. She undertook her secondary studies first at lycée Victor Hugo and then at ''lycée'' Victor Duruy. She obtained her baccalauréat at 14 with special permission. Her father had intended for her career to be spent at the Gobelin manufactory, but she preferred the theatre and took classes with Jean Hervé and Jean Valcourt. In 1939, aged 16, she met Maurice Clavel, who directed the Resistance network in
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and Chartres in 1944. She was one of the notables who welcomed General
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on the square in front of the Cathedral of Chartres. Once the war ended, she married Maurice Clavel. She was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by General
De Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Governm ...
and the
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by General
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.


Cocteau, Vilar, and Théâtre National Populaire

In 1945, she gained repute for acting in
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's play ''
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''. Her personality drew the attention of
Edwige Feuillère Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...
, whose reader she became in '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
. The play was first presented in 1946 at the Royal Theatre of the Galeries Royales of Saint-Hubert in
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, where she met with high praise and sizeable success. After performances in
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, the play had its Parisian premiere at the
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 ...
, followed by performances at La Fenice in
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. Through Clavel, she met
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 ...
in 1947 and participated in the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP). She participated in the first
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with ''The Story of Tobias and Sarah'' (1947). Alongside
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, she played Chimène in ''
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''. Castro ...
'', performed at Chaillot, and subsequently went on tour across Europe (1954). Next, she played with Vilar in '' Cinna'' and '' The Marriage of Figaro''.


Cinema

Monfort made her film debut in Les Anges du péché'. Director
Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...
had hired her without knowing she was an actress, as he was looking for non-professionals for his film. In 1948, she played the role of Édith de Berg in the cinematic adaptation of '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by
Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the su ...
with Feuillère and Jean Marais. In 1955, Agnès Varda, then a photographer at the TNP, directed her first film, ''
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'', one of the first of the New Wave. Varda remembers Monfort in the film as "Curious and a pioneer by nature, she threw herself into the project with delight and discipline. I really think she was happy to fight for a cinema of the future." Separated from Maurice Clavel, Silvia Monfort shared her life with and participated in the films of director
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
. Despite her having an arm in a plaster cast, he insisted that she play a Polish prisoner with
François Périer François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into ...
and
Pierre Fresnay Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company a ...
in a film inspired by a true story called ''Les Évadés''. She then co-starred with
Jean Gabin Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), '' La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ...
and
Nicole Courcel Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...
in ''Le Cas du Docteur Laurent'', a film advocating for painless childbirth (1957), and then in Le Chanois' film ''Par-dessus le'' Mur (1961), which dealt with parent-child relations. In two films dealing with social conditions, she was Eponine of ''
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'', alongside Gabin and
Bourvil André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis ...
(1958), and then the Gypsy girl, Myrtille, in '' Mandrin'' beside
Georges Rivière Georges Aristide Claude Félix Rivière (born 1 July 1924) is a French retired actor who worked in Argentine cinema in the 1950s. He appeared in nearly 50 films between 1948 and 1970. Selected filmography *'' The Lame Devil'' (1948) – Marqu ...
and
Georges Wilson Georges Wilson (16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French film and television actor. He was the father of French actor Lambert Wilson. Biography Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimat ...
. This film concluded her cinematic career and her relationship with Le Chanois in 1962.


On the road

During the 1960s, Silvia Monfort was passionate about cultural decentralization and, thus, set out on the road with
Jean Danet Jean Danet (14 January 1924 – 15 October 2001) was a French actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1942 and 1983. Danet was born in Auray, Brittany, France. Following World War II, he began work in films. He founded Tréteaux de France in ...
and her Tréteaux de France. She actively participated in this experiment, seeing that new and contemporary plays were staged alternately with the classical repertoire. On 23 June 1965, Silvia wrote to Pierre Gruneberg: "I've convinced Danet to schedule for September a series of performances of '' the Prostitute'' and of '' Suddenly, Last Summer'' under a big top around Paris (in this way the inconvenient returning directors will be able to come see it there if they need to). Oh, I would have done what I could". She wrote at least once, sometimes several times a day, to her companion Pierre Gruneberg. In the collection of this correspondence, ''Letters to Pierre'', Danielle Netter, assistant director, adds: "The Tréteaux de France was an extraordinary theatrical tool that gave us the occasion to present Sophocles and other dramatic poets before the tenants of the
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Tragedienne

Monfort explored ancient and modern theatrical repertoires for nearly half a century, whether with the Tréteaux, in
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, in private theatres, and later in her Carrés. She acted in no less than five versions of ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' in different theatres as well as on television. She interpreted numerous works of
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
and
Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
. She performed
Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
' '' Electra'' in the most incongruous places, such as the "trou des Halles" in Paris in 1970. She acted in the plays and theatrical adaptations of Maurice Clavel, such as ''The Isle of Goats'' and ''The Noon Terrace''. She was directed by
Roger Planchon Roger Planchon (born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker. Biography Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspir ...
at
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in 1959 in ''Love's Second Surprise'' and by
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in Paris in 1961 in ''
'Tis Pity She's a Whore ''Tis Pity She's a Whore'' (original spelling: ''Tis Pitty Shee's a Who'' 'ore'') is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was first performed or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. The play was first publ ...
'' beside Alain Delon and
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. She made appearances in ''
Summer and Smoke ''Summer and Smoke'' is a two-part, thirteen-scene play by Tennessee Williams, completed in 1948. He began working on the play in 1945 as ''Chart of Anatomy'', derived from his short stories "Oriflamme" and the then-work-in-progress "Yellow Bir ...
'' (1953) and '' Suddenly, Last Summer'' (1965) by
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. She incarnated the
Sphinx A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of ...
of Cocteau's ''The Infernal Machine'' in festivals as well as on television with Claude Giraud in 1963. She was '' The Respectful Prostitute'' of
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 ...
(1965) and ''
The Duchess of Malfi ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (originally published as ''The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy'') is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, ...
'' beside
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(1981). At Carré Thorigny, she brought about the debut of
Bernard Giraudeau Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer. Early life He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a tra ...
in
Tom Eyen Tom Eyen (August 14, 1940 – May 26, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director. He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for ''Dreamgirls'' in 1981. Eyen is best known for works at opposite e ...
's ''Why Doesn't Anna's Dress Want to Come off'' (1974). She was also seen in ''
The Oresteia The ''Oresteia'' ( grc, Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of t ...
'' (1962) and ''
The Persians ''The Persians'' ( grc, Πέρσαι, ''Persai'', Latinised as ''Persae'') is an Greek tragedy, ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical Greece, Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and on ...
'' of
Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
(1984). She portrayed '' Lucrezia Borgia'' in
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(1975), Marguerite de Bourgogne in ''The Tower of Nesle'' by Alexandre Dumas, père (1986), Alarica in ''The Evil Is Spreading'' (1963), '' Maid'' in Jacques Audiberti (1971), Ethel in ''The Rosenbergs Should Not Die'' (1968) by Alain Decaux. She took on Ionesco with Jacques, or the Submission (1971),
When We Dead Awaken ''When We Dead Awaken'' ( no, Når vi døde vågner) is the last play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Published in December 1899, Ibsen wrote the play between February and November of that year. The first performance was at the Hayma ...
by Henrik Ibsen (1976), and then
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' (1977). To celebrate the centenary of
Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the su ...
's birth, she appeared for the last time on the Vaugirard stage in ''The Two Ways'' in 1989. In 1972, Monfort described her favorite roles: "Gérard Philippe, whose Chimène I was, had a habit of replying that his favorite role was his next. For me, the one that I am playing fulfills me. Imagine! What marvelous relations between an actor and his character. They see each other every day, but they also know that it's not forever, so they have to work twice as hard. Certain characters have more of an affinity for us. I have always felt myself closer to adolescents thirsting for the absolute than to women with divided hearts. I prefer Electra to Clytemnestra. I was wildly in love with Alarica from ''The Evil Is Spreading'', Éponine from ''Les Misérables'' and recently ''The Maid'' by Audiberti. But this doesn't prevent me from knowing beautiful stories about those whom I wouldn't play. Of all the heroines, the one who perhaps excited me most was the queen of the Amazons, Penthesilea. When she thought herself defeated by Achilles, she refused to follow him into his kingdom. She wanted him to be king in her land. So she tore him up with her nails, devoured him with her teeth, and said: ''All women swear to their lovers: I will eat you as long as I love you – well, I did it.''"


''Phèdre''

Silvia Monfort figures among the most influential performers of ''Phèdre''. A study by the CNRS about the great tragediennes who have incarnated this character in the 20th century was published in ''Pour la Science'', the French version of ''
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''. This study analyzed the relationship between the pauses and the versified text as well as the fluctuations in delivery and demonstrated that Silvia Monfort made the most important use of them (92% of pauses and 3.8 syllables/minute) in relation to other tragic actresses ( Sarah Bernhardt, Marie Bell, Nada Strancar and Natacha Amal); this characteristic of her acting contributed to give Silvia Monfort's interpretation an exceptional quality of psychological depth and emotion. She said of her character in 1973: "Phèdre burns in each one of us. We have hardly grasped the image in the mirror when she dims, and the imminence of this obliteration sharpens the acuteness of the reflection What matters is that there has been a meeting in mystery even from the first reading. It is like desire, or rather it is present in the look that provokes it, or rather there will never be unison. All the opinions, competent, imperious, singular, that were offered to me on the subject of Phèdre, and to which I listened intensely, had no other result with me than to lead me back to my Phèdre, despite her long being hazy, with the obviousness of a pawn moving back to the first square on a board game this is the wonder of Phèdre: to tackle it is to resign oneself to it."Program of ''Phèdre'' at the Carré Thorigny, 1973.


Circus and mime school

In 1972, with the support of
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, then Minister of Cultural Affairs, she set up and directed the ''Carré Thorigny'' Rue de Thorigny in the neighborhood of
Le Marais The Marais (Le Marais ; "the marsh") is a historic district in Paris, France. Having once been an aristocratic district, it is home to many buildings of historic and architectural importance. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arr ...
in Paris, where she put on multidisciplinary shows. She was especially interested in the circus world and organized an exhibit entitled ''Circus in Color,'' which met with success. Following her contacts with circus people and meeting with Alexis Gruss, she organized old-style circus performances in the courtyard of the Hôtel Salé, in front of the Carré. The public's fancy led Monfort and Gruss to set up (in 1974) the first circus and mime school in France, ''L'école au Carré''. They wanted to highlight the nobility of the circus's origins and were involved in bringing to life an updated old-style circus. The Gruss circus followed Monfort in her next moves until it became a national circus in 1982. At the Carré Thorigny, Alain Decaux awarded Monfort the Legion of Honor in 1973, paying homage to "her passion for the theatre and the inflexible will with which she serves it." The Carré had to leave Rue de Thorigny in 1974 because of a property transaction. Monfort thus transferred her ''Nouveau Carré'' into the old théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique. It opened on 1 October 1974, and she set up the Gruss circus's big top in the square in front of the theatre. The Nouveau Carré (officially the ''Centre d'Action Culturelle de Paris'') — or "Paris Cultural Center" — eventually encompassed the main theatre, two smaller houses for music and more intimate shows, the circus, a circus school, and a mime school. From 1978 to 1979, the circus, which had grown in importance, was moved under a new big top in the
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. In 1980, the Gaîté Lyrique theatre had to be renovated, and she had to move her Carré (now Carré-Silvia Monfort) onto the site of the former abattoirs of Vaugirard, where she set up the theatre under a specially built big top, and brought along the Gruss circus's big top. The circus school was moved to another facility. Meanwhile, lacking funds, the project of renovating the Gaîté-Lyrique was abandoned. She continued working to establish a permanent "Carré" at Vaugirard on the site of and in place of the big tops. The decision to build the theatre as it is today was taken in 1986. On 7 March 1989, she wrote: "This will be my theatre. Even so, incredible! I don't know a single living person for whom his own theatre was built, with his name and of the right size." But she died a few months before its completion. Inaugurated in 1992, it bears her name: Théâtre Silvia-Monfort. She died on 30 March 1991 of
lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...
in Courchevel.


The Silvia Monfort Prize

Pierre Gruneberg, who became Silvia Monfort's lover in 1963 and married her on 24 May 1990, founded the Silvia Monfort Prize Association in 1996. This prize is issued every two years to a young actress by a professional jury. Since its inception, the prizewinners have been: # Smadi Wolfman (1996) #
Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni (born 15 February 1977) is a French actress and producer. She is married to actor and former professional footballer Éric Cantona. Biography In 2001, she joined the Comédie Française, as a member of which she won a Molière ...
(1998) # Mona Abdel Hadi (2000) # Isabelle Joly (2002) # Marion Bottolier (2004) # Gina Ndjemba (2006)


Work


Filmography

*
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: '' Les Anges du pêché'' (by
Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...
) (with Renée Faure) - Agnès * 1947: '' La Grande Maguet'' (by
Roger Richebé Roger Richebé (3 December 1897, Marseille - 10 July 1989 in Ville-d'Avray), born Roger Gustave Richebé, was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. Selected filmography * ' (1930) (producer) * '' La donna di una notte'' (1930) (pr ...
) (with
Madeleine Robinson Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two younge ...
) - Anaïs Arnold * 1948: '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' (by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
) (with
Edwige Feuillère Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...
and Jean Marais) - Édith de Berg * 1949: ''
The Secret of Mayerling ''The Secret of Mayerling'' (French: ''Le secret de Mayerling'') is a 1949 French Historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt. It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident when th ...
'' (by Jean Delannoy) (with Jean Marais) - L'archiduchesse Stéphanie * 1955: '' Les Évadés'' (by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
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Pierre Fresnay Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company a ...
and
François Périer François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into ...
) - Wanda * 1955: ''
La Pointe Courte ''La Pointe Courte'' is a 1955 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda (in her feature film directorial debut). It has been cited by many critics as a forerunner of the French New Wave,Kirshner, J. (2021). An Artist in Her Own Right: The Cinema ...
'' (by Agnès Varda) (with
Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student and ...
) - Elle *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
: '' Ce soir les jupons volent'' (by Dimitri Kirsanoff) (with Sophie Desmarets) - Huguette Laurent-Maréchal *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
: '' Le Théâtre national populaire'' (Short, by
Georges Franju Georges Franju (; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Biography Early life Before working in French cinema, Franju held several different jobs. These included working for a ...
) (with
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 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...
: ''
The Case of Doctor Laurent ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (French: ''Le cas du Docteur Laurent'') is a 1957 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel and Silvia Monfort.Harriss p.196 It was made at the Photosonor Studios ...
'' (by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
) (with
Jean Gabin Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), '' La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ...
and
Nicole Courcel Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...
) - Catherine Loubet *
1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
: ''
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...
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Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
) (with
Jean Gabin Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), '' La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ...
and
Bourvil André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis ...
) - Eponine Thénardier *
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 ...
: ''
Du rififi chez les femmes ''Du rififi chez les femmes'' ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959. Plot In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge ...
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Alex Joffé Alex Joffé (18 November 1918 – 18 August 1995) was a French film director and screenwriter, known for ''Les cracks'' (1968), ''Fortunat'' (1960) and ''La grosse caisse'' (1965). He was the father of the director Arthur Joffé, as well as Mar ...
) (with
Robert Hossein Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in '' Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', '' Les Uns et les Autres'' and '' ...
and
Roger Hanin Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...
) - Yoko *
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...
: '' La Française et l'amour'' (sketch '' La Femme seule'') (by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
) (with
Robert Lamoureux Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered ...
and Martine Carol) - Gilberte Dumas (segment "Femme seule, La") *
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 ...
: '' Par-dessus le mur'' (by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
) - Simone *
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 ...
: '' Mandrin'' (by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
) (with
Georges Rivière Georges Aristide Claude Félix Rivière (born 1 July 1924) is a French retired actor who worked in Argentine cinema in the 1950s. He appeared in nearly 50 films between 1948 and 1970. Selected filmography *'' The Lame Devil'' (1948) – Marqu ...
and
Georges Wilson Georges Wilson (16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French film and television actor. He was the father of French actor Lambert Wilson. Biography Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimat ...
) - Myrtille *
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 ...
: ''L'itinéraire marin'' (by Jean Rollin) *
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 revolver et la rose'' (by Jean Desvilles) *
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 Marais, artisan du rêve'' (Short, by Gérard Devillers) - Narrator * 1978: ''Nuova Colonia'' (by Patrick Bureau) - La Spera


Theatre

Private theatres, TNP and Tréteaux de France * 1945: ''
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronat ...
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Charles Péguy Charles Pierre Péguy (; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism. By 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believing b ...
(Dreux) * 1945: ''La casa de Bernarda Alba'' by
Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...
(Studio des Champs-Élysées) * 1946: '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
(Théâtre Hébertot) * 1947: '' L'Histoire de Tobie et de Sara'' by
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
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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 ...
) * 1948: ''Shéhérazade'' by Jules Supervielle (Festival d'Avignon) * 1949: ''Pas d'amour'' by Ugo Betti, adaptation de Maurice Clavel (
théâtre des Noctambules The Théâtre des Noctambules was a former Parisian cabaret established in 1894 by the chansonnier Martial Boyer (1872–1941) and located at 7 rue Champollion in the 5th arrondissement of Paris (Latin Quarter). In 1939, Pierre Leuris and Jean Clau ...
) * 1950: ''
Andromaque ''Andromaque'' is a tragedy in five acts by the French playwright Jean Racine written in alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre in the private chambers of the Queen, Marie Thérès ...
'' by Racine (Nîmes) * 1951: ''Maguelone'' by Maurice Clavel (Théâtre Marigny) * 1951: '' Electra'' by
Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
, adaptation by Maurice Clavel (Mardis de l'œuvre, Théâtre des Noctambules) * 1952: ''Les Radis creux'' by Jean Meckert (Théâtre de Poche) * 1952: '' Doña Rosita la soltera'' by
Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...
(Mardis de l'œuvre, Théâtre des Noctambules) * 1953: ''The Isle of Goats'' by Ugo Betti, adaptation by Maurice Clavel (Noctambules) * 1953: ''Le Chevalier des neiges'' by
Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sull ...
(Caen) * 1953: ''
The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...
'' 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 ...
(Noctambules) * 1953: ''Summer and Smoke'' 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 ...
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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 ...
) * 1954: ''
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''. Castro ...
'' by
Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
( TNP) * 1954: '' Cinna'' by
Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
( TNP) * 1955: ''
Penthesilea Penthesilea ( el, Πενθεσίλεια, Penthesíleia) was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe. She assisted Troy in the Trojan War, during which she w ...
'' by Heinrich Von Kleist (Théâtre Hébertot) * 1956: '' Marie Stuart'' by Friedrich Schiller (Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier) * 1956: '' The Marriage of Figaro'' by
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, ...
( TNP) * 1957: ''Pitié pour les héros'' by M.A. Baudy (Comédie de Paris) * 1959: ''Love's Second Surprise'' by
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 num ...
(Villeurbanne) * 1959: ''Bérénice'' by
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
(Festival de Dijon) * 1959: ''La Machine infernale'' by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
(Festival de Vaison-la-Romaine) * 1959: ''
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 re ...
'' by Jean Canolle (Festivals, Théâtre Moderne, Théâtre Édouard VII) * 1960: '' Edward II'' by Christopher Marlowe (Villeurbanne) * 1960: ''Love's Second Surprise'' by
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 num ...
(Villeurbanne) * 1960: ''Si la foule nous voit ensemble'' by Claude Bal (Théâtre de Paris) * 1960: ''
Arden of Faversham ''Arden of Faversham'' (original spelling: ''Arden of Feversham'') is an Elizabethan play, entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 3 April 1592, and printed later that same year by Edward White. It depicts the real-life murde ...
'' (Festivals de Dijon et de Vaison-la-Romaine) * 1960: ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
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Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
(Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, tournée Européenne) * 1961: ''
'Tis Pity She's a Whore ''Tis Pity She's a Whore'' (original spelling: ''Tis Pitty Shee's a Who'' 'ore'') is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was first performed or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. The play was first publ ...
'' by John Ford (Théâtre de Paris) * 1962: ''
The Oresteia The ''Oresteia'' ( grc, Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of t ...
'' by
Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
, adaptation by Paul Claudel * 1962: ''La Nuit de feu'' by Marcelle Maurette (Port-Royal) * 1962: ''Helen'' by
Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...
, adaptation by Jean Canolle (Narbonne) * 1962: ''Horace'' by
Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
(Scala de Milan) * 1963: ''The Evil Is Spreading'' by Jacques Audiberti (Théâtre La Bruyère) * 1963: ''The Governess'' by Vitaliano Brancati (Théâtre en Rond) * 1963: ''Marie Stuart'' by Friedrich Schiller (Les Nuits de Bourgogne) * 1964: ''Life Is but a Dream'' by
Pedro Calderón de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (, ; ; 17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque ...
(Festival d'Annecy) * 1964: ''Julius Caesar'' 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 ...
(Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Lyon) * 1964: ''Catharsis'' by Michel Parent (Dijon) * 1965: ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' 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 ...
(Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1965: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' by
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 ...
(Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1965: ''The Story of Tobias and Sarah'' by
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
(Les Nuits de Bourgogne) * 1965: '' Electra'' by
Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
, adaptation de Maurice Clavel (Festival d'Annecy, Tréteaux de France) * 1965: ''Enemies'' by
Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в;  – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
(Théâtre des Amandiers Nanterre) * 1965: '' La Surprise de l'amour'' by
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 num ...
(Théâtre des Amandiers Nanterre, festivals) * 1966: '' Electra'' by
Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
, adaptation de Maurice Clavel (Mathurins) * 1966: ''The Evil Is Spreading'' by Jacques Audiberti (Tréteaux de France) * 1966: ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' 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 ...
(Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1966: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' by
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 ...
(Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1967: ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' by Racine (Tréteaux de France) * 1967: ''The Evil Is Spreading'' by Jacques Audiberti (Tréteaux de France) * 1968: ''The Rosenbergs Should Not Die'' by Alain Decaux (Tréteaux de France) * 1968: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' by Jean-Paul Sartre (Tréteaux de France) * 1969: ''The Rosenbergs Should Not Die'' by Alain Decaux (Porte Saint-Martin) * 1970: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' by Jean-Paul Sartre (Halles de Paris) * 1970: ''Electra'' by Sophocles, adaptation by Maurice Clavel (Halles de Paris) * 1970: ''Jacques, or the Submission'' by Ionesco (Château de Boucard) * 1970: ''The Maid'' by Jacques Audiberti (Nice) * 1971: ''The Maid'' by Jacques Audiberti (Festival du Marais) Carré Thorigny * 1972: Opens October 12 * 1973: ''Le Bal des cuisinières'' by Bernard Da Costa (and at the festival d'Avignon) * 1973: ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' by
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
* 1973: ''Cantique des cantiques'', oratorio by Roger Frima * 1973: ''Conversations dans le Loir-et-Cher'' by
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
* 1973: ''Cirque Gruss'' at the Hôtel Salé * 1973: ''Jean Cocteau and the Angels'', poetic soirée * 1973: '' Louise Labé'', poetic soirée * 1974: ''Why Doesn't Anna's Dress Want to Come off'' by Tom Eyen * 1974: Closes at the end of September. Nouveau Carré Gaîté-Lyrique * 1974: Opening of the circus School on October 15 * 1974, November and December: ''Les Comptoirs de la Baie d'Hudson'' by Jacques Guimet done by the "In and Out Theatre", Great Hall * 1975, '' Edgar Poe'', done by the "Ballet-Théâtre Joseph Russillo", Great Hall: :- January and February, ''Mémoires pour demain'' and ''Il était une fois comme toutes les fois'' :- May, ''Fantasmes'', original creation * 1975, January to April: ''Old-Style Circus'' with the Gruss family, Great Hall * 1975, March to April: ''Seven Weeks in Song'' with Roger Siffer, Dick Annegarn, Jean-Marie Vivier and Monique Morelli, Serge Kerval and Anne Vanderlove,
Gilles Servat Gilles Servat is a French singer, born in Tarbes in southern France in 1945, into a family whose roots lay in the Nantes region of Brittany. He is an ardent promoter ardent of the Breton culture, and sings in both French and Breton, as well as ...
, Great Hall * 1975, June to July: '' Dimitri Clown'', Great Hall * 1975, September: ''
Histoire du soldat ' (''The Soldier's Tale'') is a theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" () by three actors and one or several dancers, accompanied by a septet of instruments. Conceived by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer C. F. Ramuz, the piece was base ...
'' by Igor Stravinsky and Ramuz, done by the Solistes de Marseille, directed by Devy Erlich, Great Hall * 1975, September to October: ''Le Tableau'', comic opera by Ionesco and Calvi, Great Hall * 1975-1976, November to March: '' Lucrezia Borgia'' by
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
(presented at the Festival d'Avignon in August 1975), directed by Fabio Pacchoni, Great Hall * 1976, March: Hélène Martin Recital, Great Hall * 1976, March: Henri Tachan Recital, Gruss big top * 1976, October, November, December: ''
When We Dead Awaken ''When We Dead Awaken'' ( no, Når vi døde vågner) is the last play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Published in December 1899, Ibsen wrote the play between February and November of that year. The first performance was at the Hayma ...
'' by Henrik Ibsen, adaptation by Maurice Clavel, Great Hall * 1977, January, February, March: ''
The Lady from the Sea ''The Lady from the Sea'' ( no, Fruen fra havet, link=no) is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad '' Agnete og Havmanden''. The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed ...
'' by Henrik Ibsen, Great Hall * 1977, April to May: ''
A Doll's House ''A Doll's House'' ( Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having be ...
'' by Henrik Ibsen, done by the Ensemble Théâtral Mobile, Great Hall * 1977: ''
Songs of Bilitis ''The Songs of Bilitis'' (; french: Les Chansons de Bilitis) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs published in Paris in 1894. Since Louÿs claimed that he had translated the original poetry from Ancient Greek, ...
'' by
Pierre Louÿs Pierre Louÿs (; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a French poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". ...
* 1977: ''Visit of René-Guy Cadou'', poetic soirée * 1977: ''Nuova Colonia'' de
Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...
* 1977: ''The Burial of a Boss'' de
Dario Fo Dario Luigi Angelo Fo (; 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
(Mulhouse) * 1977: Closes at year's end Jardin d'Acclimatation * Just one
season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and ...
, from 1978 to 1979 Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard * 1979: ''La Cantate à trois voix'' by
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
(Abbatiale de Rouen) * 1979: ''La Fourmi dans le corps'' by Jacques Audiberti * 1979: ''The Noon Terrace'' by Maurice Clavel * 1980: ''Conversation dans le Loir-et-Cher'' de Paul Claude
INA Archives: Daniel Gélin and Silvia Monfort in ''Conversation dans le Loir-et-Cher'' (TF1, 1988)
* 1981: ''Ariane at Naxos'' by Georg Brenda (Rennes and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées) * 1981: ''Breakfast at Desdemona's'' by Janus Krasinski * 1981: ''
The Duchess of Malfi ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (originally published as ''The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy'') is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, ...
'' by
John Webster John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies '' The White Devil'' and '' The Duchess of Malfi'', which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and c ...
* 1982: ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' by
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
* 1983: ''Hot and Cold'' by Fernand Crommelynck * 1984: ''The Persians'' by
Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
* 1984: ''Die Panne'' by Friedrich Dürrenmatt * 1985: ''The Millionairess'' 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 ...
* 1985: '' Bajazet'' by Racine * 1985: ''The Tower of Nesle'' by Alexandre Dumas, père * 1987: '' Britannicus'' by Racine * 1987: '' Iphigénie'' by Racine * 1988: ''Théodore'' by Corneille * 1989: ''The Two Ways'' by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
Directed by her * 1965: '' Electra'' by
Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
, adaptation by Maurice Clavel (Tréteaux de France) * 1970: ''Electra'' by Sophocles, adaptation by Maurice Clavel (Halles de Paris) * 1979: ''La Cantate à trois voix'' de
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
(Abbatiale de Rouen) * 1984: ''The Persians'' by
Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
(Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard) * 1987: '' Iphigénie'' by Racine (Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard) * 1988: ''Théodore'' by Corneille (Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard) * 1989: ''The Two Ways'' by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
(Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard)


Television

* 1959: ''
Bérénice ''Berenice'' (french: Bérénice) is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. ''Berenice'' was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. It was premiered on 21 November 1670 by the Comédiens du Roi ...
'' by
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
* 1960: ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' by Racine * 1960: '' Bajazet'' by Racine * 1962: '' Helen'' by
Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...
* 1962: ''The Night of Fire'' by Marcelle Maurette * 1963: ''The Infernal Machine'' by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
- Directed by Claude Loursais * 1965: ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' 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 ...
* 1967: ''
The Trojan war will not take place ''The Trojan War Will Not Take Place'' (french: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu) is a play written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. In 1955 it was translated into English by Christopher Fry with the title ''Tiger at the Gates''. The ...
'' by
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 ...
* 1971: ''The Bunker'' by Alain Decaux * 1975: ''Why Doesn't Anna's Dress Want to Come off'' by Tom Eyen - Directed by Armand Ridel * 1978: ''The Marshal of Ancre'' by
Alfred de Vigny Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and early French Romanticist. He also produced novels, plays, and translations of Shakespeare. Biography Vigny was born in Loches (a town to which he never r ...
* 1980: '' Edgar Poe'', theatre-ballet by Joseph Russillo * 1980: ''Phèdre'' by Racine * 1980: '' Electra'' by
Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...
* 1981: ''Conversation in the Loir-et-Cher'' by
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
* 1982: ''Phèdre'' by Racine * 1982: ''The Dream of Icarus'', TV film by
Jean Kerchbron 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 ...
* 1986: ''Bajazet'' by Racine * 1986: ''The Tower of Nesle'' by Alexandre Dumas, père


Bibliography

Novels * ''Il ne m'arrivera rien'' (Nothing Will Happen to Me) - Éditions Fontaine - 1946 * ''Aimer qui vous aima'' (To Love Someone Who Has Loved You) - Paris, Éditions Julliard - 1951 * ''Le droit chemin'' (The Right Way) - Paris, Éditions Julliard - 1954 * ''La Raia (Les mains pleines de doigts)'' The Raia (Hands Full of Fingers) - Paris, Éditions Julliard - 1959 * ''Les ânes rouges'' (The Red Donkeys) - Éditions Julliard in 1966, then Éditions du Rocher in 2003 - * ''Une allure pour l'amour (L'Amble)'' (A Look for Love (The Amble)) - Éditions Julliard in 1971, then Le Livre de Poche in 1987 - Correspondence * ''Lettres à
Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
1965-1991'' (Letters to Pierre 1965-1991) - Collected by Danielle Netter - Éditions du Rocher - 2003 - Prefaces * Noël Devaulx: ''Le Cirque À L'ancienne'' (The Old-style Circus) - Henri Veryer ed. - 1977 *
Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
: ''
Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere Wit ...
'' - Le Livre de Poche - 1985 - *
Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
: '' Cinna'' - Le Livre de Poche - 1987 - Biographies and articles * Paul-Louis Mignon: ''Silvia Monfort'' - Article from ''l'Avant scène théâtre'', nr. 411, 1968 * Régis Santon: ''Le théâtre Silvia Monfort'' - Article from ''l'Avant-scène théâtre'', nr. 531, 1973 * C. Parent: ''Le quinzième arrondissement - Le carré Silvia Monfort'' (The 15th arrondissement - Silvia Monfort Square) - the Paris collection and her heritage, p. 204 * Françoise Piazza: ''Silvia Monfort'' - Éditions Favre - 1988 - * Guy Boquet and Jean-Claude Drouot: ''Le parcours racinien de Silvia Monfort'' (The Racinian Path of Silvia Monfort), ''Revue d'histoire du théâtre'', nr. 206, 2000. * Exhibit, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Richelieu site, Crypt, 16 December 2003 – 25 January 2004, ''Une vie de combat pour le théâtre'' - Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Audio * ''Cahiers de doléances des femmes en 1789'' (Condolence Books of Women in 1789) - Cassette, La Bibliothèque Des Voix - Éditions Des Femmes - 1989 * '' Les Enfants terribles'' (see section "the children by the radio") by
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
(1947) - CD, Éditions Phonurgia Nova & INA - 1992 - On video * '' Le Cas du docteur Laurent'' - Film by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
- single DVD, Zone 2 (Éditions LCJ) * ''
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...
'' - Film in two eras by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
- 2-set DVD, Zone 2 (''Les Années Cinquante'' collection- Éditions René Chateau)


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