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Éric Vigner (born 27 October 1960, in
Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...
, France) is a French stage director, actor and scenic designer. He directed the Centre Dramatique National Théâtre de Lorient (CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient) in
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, from 1996 to 2015.


Early life and education

Vigner was born in
Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...
. Éric Vigner graduated in visual arts from the University of Brittany, France. He then studied in Paris, at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT) and the
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(CNSAD).


Career

In 1990, he founded his own theater company, Suzanne M. Éric Vigner. In 1996, he was appointed by the French Minister of Culture to direct
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's Drama Centre, henceforth called the CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient. Since 1996, the graphic artists
M/M Paris M/M (Paris) is an art and design partnership consisting of Mathias Augustyniak (born 1967) and Michael Amzalag (born 1968), established in Paris in 1992. M/M are best known for their art direction and collaborations with musicians (Björk, Madonn ...
were in charge of the CDDB's visual communication. Besides Vigner's commitment to contemporary playwrights, including
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
and , for which he was awarded the honour of Chevalier dans l'
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in 1998, Vigner developed a new approach to the French classics – Racine's ''Bajazet'' (
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, 1995), Corneille's '' L’Illusion Comique'' (
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, 1996),
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's ''
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'' (
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, 1999),
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's '' L’École des femmes'' (Comédie-Française, 1999) and '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (French-Korea cultural prize 2004) and Shakeapeare's ''
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'' (Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe, 2008). In October 2010, Vigner founded an international theater academy, "The Academy", which follows the principles of a little democracy and assembles seven young trilingual actors from seven cultural backgrounds – Morocco, Romania, Mali, Belgium, South Korea, Germany, and Israel. They work on classical as well as contemporary forms of writing and present ''La Place Royale'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, ''Guantanamo'' by Frank Smith and ''La Faculté'' by
Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (; born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in . He started writing soon after. His 1996 book ''Tout ...
. He has developed international collaborations to last over the years, searching for a genuine mutual cultural transmission. He has directed in different languages and cultural backgrounds: at the
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in
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, ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'' by
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 great writers in the French language and world liter ...
and
Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...
(French-Korean Cultural Prize 2004); twice at the
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,
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, 2007,''The Barber of Seville'' by
Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright and diplomat during the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, invent ...
(Price Festival Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Inde 2011), and 2016, ''Lucrezia Borgia'' by
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( Festival Theatre National de Bretagne, France 2017); at 7 Stages Theater, Atlanta, 2008, ''In the Solitude of Cotton Fields'' by
Bernard-Marie Koltès Bernard-Marie Koltès (; ; 9 April 1948 – 15 April 1989) was a French playwright and theatre director best known for his plays ''La Nuit juste avant les Forêts'' (''The Night Just Before the Forests'', 1976), ''Sallinger'' (1977) and ''Dans ...
(U.S. Koltès Project); in India, ''Gates to India Song'' based on ''The Vice Consul'' and ''India Song'' by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
(Festival Bonjour India, Bombay, Calcutta, New-Delhi, 2013). At the Odeon Theatre in
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, 2016, during Romania's campaign for
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's approval of ''The Wisdom of the Earth'' sculpture by
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, he staged the famous trial from 1928 – '' Brancusi versus the United States''.


Actor

*1983: ''L'Instruction'' by Peter Weiss, directed by Robert Angebaud, Church in Saint-Étienne, Rennes *1984: ''La mort de Pompée'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, directed by Brigitte Jaques, Lierre-Théâtre, Paris *1985: ''Fantasio'' by
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, directed by Vincent Garanger, CNSAD, Paris *1985: ''
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'' by
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, directed by René Jauneau, Festival de
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*1986: ''Elvire Jouvet 40'' directed by Brigitte Jaques, International Tour, film by
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1988 *1988: ''Chouans !'' Film by
Philippe de Broca Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful ''That Man from Rio (''L'Homme de Rio'')'', ''Le Magnifique, ...
*1988: '' L'Épreuve'' by Marivaux, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel,
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*1989: ''Sophonisbe'' by Pierre Corneille, directed by Brigitte Jaques, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris *1989: ''Horace'' by Pierre Corneille, directed by Brigitte Jaques, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris *1990: ''Le Misanthrope'' by
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 great writers in the French language and world liter ...
, directed by Christian Colin, Centre Dramatique National de
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, Paris *2018: '' Plaire, aimer et courir vite'', film by
Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (; born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in . He started writing soon after. His 1996 book ''Tout ...


Theatre productions

*1988: ''
La Place royale ''La Place Royale, ou l'amoureux extravagant'' () is a five-act comedy written by Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century ...
'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, CNSAD, Paris *1991: ''La Maison d'os'' by Roland Dubillard, Festival d'Automne,
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de la Défense, Paris *1992: ''Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse'', based on the works of
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,
Louis-Ferdinand Céline Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( ; ), was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician. His first novel '' Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the ' ...
,
Jean Genet Jean Genet (; ; – ) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels '' The Th ...
, Roland Dubillard, Georges Courteline,
Franz Marc Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaking, printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of ''Der Blaue Reiter'' (The Blue Rider), a journal whose ...
, Quartz Brest *1993: ''La Pluie d'été'' by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
, Masterclass CNSAD, Quartz Brest, National and International Tour *1993: ''Le soir de l'Obériou – Elizavieta Bam'' by Daniil Charms, Theater Laboratory Anatoli Vasiliev,
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*1994: ''Le Jeune Homme'' by Jean Audureau, Théâtre de la Commune Aubervilliers *1994: ''Reviens à toi (encore)'' (''Looking at You (Revived) Again'') by Grégory Motton, Odéon Theatre, Paris *1995: ''Bajazet'' by
Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ; ; 22 December 1639 – 21 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 tr ...
, created at the
Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
, Paris *1996: '' L'Illusion comique'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, National Tour *1996: ''Brancusi contre États-Unis, un procès historique, 1928'', adapted for the stage by Éric Vigner, 50th
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,
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, Tribunal de Pau *1998: ''Toi cour, moi jardin'' by Jacques Rebotier, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient *1998: '' Marion Delorme'' by
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
,
Théâtre de la Ville (; "City Theatre") is one of the two theatres built in the 19th century by Baron Haussmann at Place du Châtelet, Paris, the other being the Théâtre du Châtelet. It is located at 2, place du Châtelet in the 4th arrondissement. Included a ...
, Paris, National Tour *1998: '' La Douleur'' (''The War'') by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient *1999: '' L'École des femmes'' (''
The School for Wives ''The School for Wives'' (; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palais Royal theatre on 26 Decem ...
'') by Molière,
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, Paris *2000: '' Rhinocéros'' 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 ...
, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient *2001: ''La Bête dans la jungle'' '' The Beast in the Jungle'', adapted by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Espace Go, Montreal, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts *2002: ''Savannah Bay'' by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
,
Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
, Paris, Nationale Tour *2003: ''...Où boivent les vaches'' by Roland Dubillard, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, Nationale Tour *2004: ''Le Jeu du kwi-jok'' ou '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (''The Bourgeois Gentleman'') by Molière and
Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...
, National Theater of Korea in
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,
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, Paris *2006: ''Pluie d'été à Hiroshima'', based on the works of
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
''La Pluie d'été'' and ''
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'', 60th Festival d'Avignon, Cloître des Carmes, National Tour. *2007: ''Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare''by Rémi De Vos, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris *2007: '' Le Barbier de Séville'' (''
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'') by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais,
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*2007: ''Savannah Bay'' by Marguerite Duras, created at Théâtre Espace Go,
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*2007: ''Débrayage'' by Rémi De Vos, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient *2008: ''In the Solitude of Cotton Fields'' by
Bernard-Marie Koltès Bernard-Marie Koltès (; ; 9 April 1948 – 15 April 1989) was a French playwright and theatre director best known for his plays ''La Nuit juste avant les Forêts'' (''The Night Just Before the Forests'', 1976), ''Sallinger'' (1977) and ''Dans ...
, 7 Stages Theater in
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*2008: ''Othello'' by
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, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Odéon Theatre, Paris *2009: ''Sextett'' by Rémi De Vos, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, Espace Go, Montreal *2010: ''Le Barbier de Séville'' (''The Barber of Seville'') by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais *2011: ''La Place Royale'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient *2011: ''Guantanamo'' by Frank Smith, Centre Dramatique National Orléans/Loiret/Centre *2012: ''La Faculté'' by
Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (; born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in . He started writing soon after. His 1996 book ''Tout ...
, Festival d'Avignon *2013: ''Gates to India Song'', based on the works of
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
's '' India Song'' and ''Le Vice-Consul'', Festival Bonjour India,
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(Residence de France (ambassade));
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(Tagore House,
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);
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(Prithvi Theatre et NCPA) *2014: ''Tristan'' by Éric Vigner *2015: '' L'Illusion comique'' de Corneille, CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient *2016: ''Brâncuși impotriva Americii'', Odeon Theater,
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, Romania *2017: ''Lukrecia Borxhia'', by
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
, Albanian National Theater,
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*2018 : ''Partage de midi'' 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 ...
, Théâtre National de Strasbourg *2019 : ''Partage de midi'' 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 ...
,
Théâtre de la Ville (; "City Theatre") is one of the two theatres built in the 19th century by Baron Haussmann at Place du Châtelet, Paris, the other being the Théâtre du Châtelet. It is located at 2, place du Châtelet in the 4th arrondissement. Included a ...
, Paris, Festival Croisements, China


Opera productions

*2000: ''La Didone'', opera by
Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading op ...
, musical director
Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conducting, conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on Authentic performance, period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and ...
, Montpellier Opera *2003: ''L'Empio punito'', opera by Alessandro Melani, musical director Christophe Rousset,
Leipzig Opera The Leipzig Opera () is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany. History Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to Singspiel perfo ...
*2004: ''Antigona'', opera by
Tommaso Traetta Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (30 March 1727 â€“ 6 April 1779), was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic r ...
, Montpellier Opera, Chatelet Theatre, Paris *2013: ''Orlando'', opera by
George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...
, musical director Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Théâtre de Lorient


Scenic designs

*1983: ''L'instruction'' by
Peter Weiss Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays ''Marat/Sade'' and '' The Investigation'' and h ...
, directed by Robert Angebaud *1984: ''La Casa Nova'' by
Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also , ; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays ...
, directed by Robert Angebaud *1984: ''Peinture-sur-Bois'' by
Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 â€“ 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...
, directed by François Kergoulay *1985: ''Pusuda Le Guetteur'' by Cahit Atay, directed by François Kergourlay *1986: ''La Place royale'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
*1990: ''La Maison d'os'' by Roland Dubillard *1992: ''Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse'' based on the works of Alphonse Allais, Louis-Ferdinand Céline,
Jean Genet Jean Genet (; ; – ) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels '' The Th ...
, Roland Dubillard, Georges Courteline,
Franz Marc Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaking, printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of ''Der Blaue Reiter'' (The Blue Rider), a journal whose ...
*1993: ''La Pluie d'été'' by Marguerite Duras *1993: ''Le soir de l'Obériou - Elizavieta Bam'' by Daniil Charms *1994: ''Le Jeune Homme'' by Jean Audureau *1994: ''Reviens à toi (encore)'' by Grégory Motton *1996: ''L'Illusion comique'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
*2000: ''Rhinocéros'' 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 ...
*2000: ''La Didone'', opera composed by
Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading op ...
, musical director Christophe Rousset *2001: ''La Bête dans la jungle'' adapted by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
, based on the play by James Lord and the novel by
Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...
*2002: ''Savannah Bay'' by Marguerite Duras *2003: ''...Où boivent les vaches'' by Roland Dubillard *2003: ''L'Empio punito'', opera by Alessandro Melani, musical director Christophe Rousset *2004: ''Le Jeu du kwi-jok'' ou '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' by
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 great writers in the French language and world liter ...
, music by Jean-Baptiste Lully *2004: ''Place des Héros'' (Heldenplatz) by
Thomas Bernhard Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, iso ...
, directed by at the
Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
*2007: ''Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare'' by Rémi De Vos *2007: '' Le Barbier de Séville'' (''
The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...
'') by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais *2007: ''Savannah Bay'' by
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
*2007: ''Débrayage'' by Rémi De Vos *2008: ''In the Solitude of Cotton Fields'' by Bernard-Marie Koltès *2008: ''
Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...
'' 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 ...
*2009: ''Sextett'' by Rémi De Vos *2010: '' Le Barbier de Séville'' (''
The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...
'') by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais *2011: ''
La Place Royale ''La Place Royale, ou l'amoureux extravagant'' () is a five-act comedy written by Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century ...
'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
*2011: ''Guantanamo'' by Frank Smith *2012: ''La Faculté'' by
Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (; born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in . He started writing soon after. His 1996 book ''Tout ...
*2013: ''Gates to India Song'', based on the works of
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
'' India Song'' and ''Le Vice-Consul'', Festival Bonjour India,
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
(Residence de France (ambassade));
Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
(Tagore House,
Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on 8 May 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. I ...
);
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
(Prithvi Theatre et NCPA) *2013: ''Orlando'', opera composed by
George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...
, musical director Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Théâtre de Lorient *2014: ''Tristan'' by Éric Vigner *2017: ''Lukrecia Borxhia'', by
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
, Albanian National Theater,
Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
*2018 : ''Partage de midi'' 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 ...
, Théâtre National de Strasbourg


The Academy

*2011 : ''La Place Royale'' by
Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...
, CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient *2011 : ''Guantanamo'' by Frank Smith, Centre Dramatique National d'Orléans *2012 : ''La Faculté'' by
Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (; born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in . He started writing soon after. His 1996 book ''Tout ...
, Cours du Lycée Mistral,
Festival d'Avignon The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival (), is an annual arts festival held in the France, 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 ...


Decorations

* Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)


References


External links

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