Jean-Marie Serreau (; 28 April 1915 – 22 May 1973) was a 20th-century French actor,

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

and a former student of

Charles Dullin Charles Dullin (; 8 May 1885 – 11 December 1949) was a French actor, theater manager and director. Career Dullin began his career as an actor in melodrama:185 In 1908, he started his first troupe with Saturnin Fabre, the ''Théâtre de Foire, ...

. Serreau directed the in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

during the 1950s-1960s and established the at in Vincennes in 1970. He created works by avant gardist playwrights such as

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

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 ...

and

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 ...

, as well as works by

Kateb Yacine Kateb Yacine (; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and Play (theatre), plays, both in French language, French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berberism, Berber caus ...

and

Aimé Césaire Aimé Fernand David Césaire (; ; 26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a French poet, author, and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature" and coined the word in French. He ...

. Married to Geneviève Serreau, herself an author and theatre director, he was Dominique Serreau's,

Coline Serreau Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French people, French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris,

's and Nicolas Serreau's father.

Career

Comedies

*1938: '' La Jalousie du barbouillé'' 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 Jean-Marie Serreau, tour in Béarn *1943: ''

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac'' is a three-act ''comédie-ballet''—a ballet interrupted by spoken dialogue—by Molière, first presented on 6 October 1669 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors. ...

'' by Molière, directed by

, Théâtre de la Cité (extra) *1945: '' Le Faiseur'' by

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...

, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de la Cité *1946: ''La Femme silencieuse'' by

Marcel Achard Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...

after

Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson ( 11 June 1572 – ) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satire, satirical ...

, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, tour in Germany *1947: ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' () is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, wi ...

'' by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

, adaptation

André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French writer and author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his begi ...

, directed by

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundi ...

Théâtre Marigny The Théâtre Marigny () is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnie ...

*1947: '' Androcles and the Lion'' by

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

, directed by Christine Tsingos, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse *1948: ''Le Portefeuille'' by

Octave Mirbeau Octave Henri Marie Mirbeau (; 16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still app ...

, directed by Christine Tsingos, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse *1949: ''

George Dandin ''George Dandin ou le mari confondu'' (''George Dandin or The Thwarted Husband'') is a French Comédie-ballet in three acts by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, choreography by Pierre Beauchamp, and architecture/staging by Carlo Vigaran ...

'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau et

François Vibert François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1 ...

, tours in France and West-Germany,''Inventaire du Fonds Jean-Marie Serreau'' - tours in Germany: ''George Dandin'' (1949)
''M de Sottenville'' *1949: '' Le Bossu'' by

Paul Féval Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

and Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, directed by

, Théâtre Marigny *1950: ''

The Exception and the Rule ''The Exception and the Rule'' ( German: ''Die Ausnahme und die Regel'') is a short play by German playwright Bertolt Brecht and is one of several ''Lehrstücke'' (Teaching plays) he wrote around 1929/30. The objective of Brecht's Lehrstücke ...

'' by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...

, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, *1950: ''Le Gardien du tombeau'' by Franz Kafka, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Poche Montparnasse *1952: '' La Jarre'' by

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, 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 bold and ...

, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de Babylone *1952: ''Spartacus'' by Max Aldebert, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Babylone *1952: ''Méfie-toi, Giacomino'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de Babylone *1952: ''Cecè'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de Babylone *1952: ''La Maison brûlée'' by

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 pla ...

, directed by

Frank Sundström Frank Sundström (16 January 1912 – 8 November 1993) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1933 and 1989. In 1948 he played the lead in the American film '' Song of My Heart''. Selected filmo ...

, Théâtre de Babylone *1953: ''Si Camille me voyait'' by , directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Babylone *1953: ''Tous contre tous'' by

Arthur Adamov Arthur Adamov (23 August 1908 – 15 March 1970) was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. Early life Adamov (originally Adamian) was born in Kislovodsk in the Terek Oblast of the Russian Empire The ...

, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Babylone *1954: ''Bellavita'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau,

*1954: ''

Man Equals Man ''Man Equals Man'' (), or ''A Man's a Man'', is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. One of Brecht's earlier works, it explores themes of war, human fungibility, and identity. It is one of the agitprop works inspired by ...

'' by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre des Célestins,

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 ...

*1956: ''Chaud et froid'' by

Fernand Crommelynck Fernand Crommelynck (19 November 1886 – 17 March 1970) was a Belgian dramatist. His work is known for farces in which commonplace weaknesses are developed into monumental obsessions. Biography He was born into a family of actors, the child o ...

, directed by the author, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1956: ''Le Paria'' by August Strindberg, directed by

Michel Etcheverry Michel Etcheverry (16 December 1919 – 30 March 1999) was a French actor. First a teacher, he was fired in 1941 for refusing to make the Maréchal children sing, here we come! . He began his career in the theater as a stage manager, then joined ...

, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1956: ''

The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. It became his first ma ...

'' by

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (; ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an aut ...

, directed by

Sacha Pitoëff Sacha Pitoëff (born Alexandre Pitoëff; 11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director. Early life and education Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents ...

, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1958: ''Lorsque cinq ans seront passés'' by

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...

, directed by

Guy Suarès Guy Suarès (1932 in Paris - February 1996) was a French actor, theatre director, theatre manager and critic. Mise en scène (selection) * 1954 : ''Yerma'' by Federico García Lorca * 1957 : ''Hedda Gabler'' : drama in 4 acts : comedy in 1 act, He ...

Théâtre Récamier The théâtre Récamier was a Parisian theatre located at 3 rue Récamier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1908 and closed in 1978. History Originally, it was an entertainment venue built by Charles Blondel for the Ligue de ...

*1959: '' The Killer'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by

José Quaglio José Quaglio, real name Giuseppe Quaglio (28 February 1926 – 8 January 2007), was an Italian actor and theater director. He has performed in some 50 films in Italy and has directed four. He acted in a dozen films in France. Filmography Ac ...

, Théâtre Récamier *1960: '' Un barrage contre le Pacifique'' de

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 ...

, adaptation Geneviève Serreau, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau,

Studio des Champs-Élysées A studio is a space set aside for creative work of any kind, including art, dance, music and theater. The word ''studio'' is derived from the , from , from ''studere'', meaning to study or zeal. Types Art The studio of any artist, esp ...

*1960: ''Biedermann et les incendiaires'' by

Max Frisch Max Rudolf Frisch (; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity (social science), identity, individuality, Moral responsibility, responsibility, morality, and political commi ...

, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Lutèce *1961: ''

Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' () is a play written by Eugène Ionesco in 1954 based on his earlier short story entitled "Oriflamme". Plot The premise of the play is revealed in the opening scene with a growing corpse. Amédée and Madel ...

'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Odéon *1962: '' The Picture'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1962: ''L'avenir est dans les œufs ou il faut de tout pour faire un monde'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse *1962: ''The Picture'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1962: ''Biedermann et les incendiaires'' by Max Frisch, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre Récamier *1963: ''L'avenir est dans les œufs ou il faut de tout pour faire un monde'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Ambigu *1963: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Ambigu *1963: ''La Femme sauvage ou Le Cadavre encerclé'' by Kateb Yacine, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre Récamier *1963: ''Si Camille n'était conté'' by , directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Lutèce *1965: '' La Tragédie du roi Christophe'' by Aimé Césaire, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Odéon *1966: ''Eris'' de

Lee Falk Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips ''Mandrake the Magician'' and ''The Phantom''. At the ...

, directed by

Georges Vitaly Georges Vitaly, real name Vitali Garcouchenko, (15 January 1917 – 2 January 2007), was a 20th-century French actor, theater director and theater manager. The son of immigrants from the Russian Revolution, he trained as actor from 1934. In 1947 ...

, Théâtre La Bruyère *1966: ''Mêlées et démêlées'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by

, Théâtre La Bruyère *1967: ''

Une saison au Congo ''Une saison au Congo'' (, ''A Season in the Congo'') is a 1966 theatre play by Aimé Césaire, first performed in March 1967 in Brussels by the Théâtre Vivant. In September of the same year, the play was produced at the Venice Biennale. An Eng ...

'' by Aimé Césaire, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Est parisien *1970: ''

The Death of Bessie Smith ''The Death of Bessie Smith'' is a one-act play by Americans, American playwright Edward Albee, written in 1959 and premiered in West Berlin the following year. The play consists of a series of conversations between Bernie and his friend Jack, J ...

'' by

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), ''The Sandbox (play), The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), ''A Delicat ...

, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau

Films

*1938: ''L’Impromptu de Barbe Bleu'' by Pierre Barbier, tour in Béarn *1938: ''La Jalousie du barbouillé'' by Molière, tour in Béarn *1946: ''Le Marchand d'étoiles'' by Geneviève Serreau,

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord The Bouffes du Nord is a theatre at 37 bis, boulevard de la Chapelle, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris located near the Gare du Nord. It has been listed since 1993 as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture. History left, ...

*1946: ''La Femme silencieuse'' by

after Ben Jonson, tour in West-Germany *1947: ''Farce enfantine de la tête du Dragon'' by

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramón (footballer, born 1950), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Br ...

, tour *1947: ''The Exception and the Rule'' by Bertolt Brecht,

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 Cla ...

*1948: ''L'Auberge Pleine'' by Jean Variot, tour *1948: ''Le Paquebot Tenacity'' by

Charles Vildrac Charles Vildrac (November 22, 1882 – June 25, 1971), born "Charles Messager",''1971 Britannica Book of the Year'' (for events of 1971), "Obituaries 1971" article, page 532, "Vildrac, Charles" item was a French libertarian playwright, poet an ...

, tour *1949: ''

'' by Molière, with

, setting

François Ganeau François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1 ...

, tours in France and

West-Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

*1950: ''

'' by Bertolt Brecht, Poche Montparnasse *1950: ''Le Gardien du tombeau'' by Franz Kafka, Poche Montparnasse *1950: ''Le Roi Cerf'' by

Carlo Gozzi __NOTOC__ Carlo, Count Gozzi (; 13 December 1720 – 4 April 1806) was an Italian ( Venetian) playwright and champion of ''Commedia dell'arte''. Early life Gozzi was born and died in Venice; he came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, t ...

, tour *1950: ''La Grande et la Petite Manœuvre'' by Arthur Adamov, Théâtre des Noctambules *1952: ''

Spartacus Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts o ...

'' by Max Aldebert, Théâtre de Babylone *1952: ''La Maison brûlée'' by August Strindberg, Théâtre de Babylone *1953: ''Tous contre tous'' by Arthur Adamov, Théâtre de Babylone *1953: ''La Rose des vents'' by

Charles Spaak Charles Spaak (25 May 1903 – 4 March 1975) was a Belgian screenwriter who was noted particularly for his work in the French cinema during the 1930s. He was the son of the dramatist and poet Paul Spaak, the brother of the politician Paul-Henri ...

, Théâtre de Babylone *1953: ''L'Incendie à l'Opéra'' by Georges Kaiser, Théâtre de Babylone *1953: ''Si Camille me voyait'' by , Théâtre de Babylone *1954: ''Bellavita'' by Luigi Pirandello,

*1954: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de Babylone *1954: ''Man Equals Man'' by Bertolt Brecht,

Théâtre des Célestins The Théâtre des Célestins () is a theatre building on the Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then again in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre de l'Odéon, i ...

, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1955: ''

An Ideal Husband ''An Ideal Husband'' is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1895 and ran for ...

'' by

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...

, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1956: ''Hommage à Brecht'' by Geneviève Serreau and

Antoine Vitez Antoine Vitez (; 20 December 1930 – 30 April 1990) was a French actor, director, and poet. He became a central character and influence on the French theater in the post-war period, especially in the technique of teaching drama. He was also tr ...

, Théâtre de l'Alliance française *1957: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Alliance française *1957: ''Les Coréens'' by

Michel Vinaver Michel Vinaver (born Michel Grinberg; 13 January 1927 – 1 May 2022) was a French writer and dramatist. He was born in Paris to parents who had emigrated from Russia. He was the manager of Gillette. He is the father of actress Anouk Grinberg. ...

, Théâtre de l'Alliance française *1958: ''Le Cadavre encerclé'' by Kateb Yacine, Théâtre de Lutèce *1959: ''Pique-nique en campagne'' by

Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Terán (; ; born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterra ...

, Théâtre de Lutèce *1960: ''Un barrage contre le Pacifique'' by

, adaptation Geneviève Serreau,

*1960: ''Hommage à

Paul Éluard Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal ...

'', Théâtre de l'Ambigu *1960: ''Biedermann et les incendiaires'' by Max Frisch, Théâtre de Lutèce *1961: ''La Rouille'' by

Carlos Semprún Maura Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, Théâtre de l'Alliance française *1961: ''

The Maids ''The Maids'' ( ) is a 1947 play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed. The play has been revived in Fr ...

'' by

, Théâtre de l'Odéon *1961: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Odéon *1962: ''Tilt'' by

Philippe Curval Philippe Tronche (27 December 1929 – 5 August 2023), better known by the pseudonym of Philippe Curval, was a French journalist and science fiction writer. Curval first became of interest in 1962 and in 1977 won the Prix Apollo for '' Cette ...

, Théâtre Récamier *1962: ''Gilda appelle Mae-West'' by Michel Parent, 9th Festival des Nuits de Bourgogne

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

*1962: ''The Picture'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse *1962: ''The Maids'' by

, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1962: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse *1962: ''L'avenir est dans les œufs ou il faut de tout pour faire un monde'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse *1962: ''The Picture'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Œuvre *1962: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Ambigu *1962: ''Biedermann et les incendiaires'' by Max Frisch, Théâtre Récamier *1963: ''La Femme sauvage ou Le Cadavre encerclé'' by Kateb Yacine, Théâtre Récamier *1963: ''Si Camille n'était conté'' by , Théâtre de Lutèce *1964: ''Comédie'' by

, Théâtre du

Pavillon de Marsan The Pavillon de Marsan or Marsan Pavilion was built in the 1660s as the northern end of the Tuileries Palace in Paris, and reconstructed in the 1870s after the Tuileries burned down at the end of the Paris Commune. Following the completion of th ...

*1965: ''La Tragédie du roi Christophe'' by Aimé Césaire, Odéon *1966: ''Comédie'' by Samuel Beckett, Théâtre de l'Odéon *1966: ''La Soif et la faim'' by Eugène Ionesco,

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 ...

*1966: ''Va et vient'' by Samuel Beckett, Odéon *1967: ''Les ancêtres redoublent de férocité'' de Kateb Yacine, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot *1967: ''Une saison au Congo'' by Aimé Césaire,

La Fenice Teatro La Fenice (; "The Phoenix Theatre") is a historic opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th cen ...

, Théâtre de l'Est parisien *1968: ''

L'Otage ''L'Otage'' is a three-act theatre play by the French author Paul Claudel, and the first one of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''. Performances * 1913: Théâtre Scala, London * 1914: Lugné-Poe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre * 1928: Firmin Gémier, ...

'' 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 ...

, Comédie-Française *1968: ''Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir'' by

Alain Decaux Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979. In 2005, he was, with others authors as Frédéric Beigbeder, Mohamed Kacimi, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre ...

, Tréteaux de France *1968: ''Drôle de baraque'' by

Adrienne Kennedy Adrienne Kennedy (born September 13, 1931) is an American playwright.Peterson, Jane T., and Suzanne Bennett. "Adrienne Kennedy". ''Women Playwrights of Diversity''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 201–205. She is best known for '' Funnyhou ...

, Odéon *1968: ''Uhuru'' after Aimé Césaire and Kateb Yacine, Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Ville du Havre *1968: ''Arc-en-ciel pour l'Occident chrétien'' de

René Depestre René Depestre (born 29 August 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian-French poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime fo ...

, Théâtre de la Cité internationale *1968: ''Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir'' by Alain Decaux, Tréteaux de France, 1969: Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin *1969: ''Comédie'' by Samuel Beckett, Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse *1969: '' Le Pain dur'' by Paul Claudel, Comédie-Française *1969: ''

Une Tempête ''Une Tempête'' ( English:"A Tempest") is a 1969 play by Aimé Césaire. It is an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' from a postcolonial perspective, set on an island in the Caribbean. The play was first performed at the Festival d'H ...

'' by Aimé Césaire after

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, Théâtre de l'Ouest parisien, Théâtre de la Cité internationale *1970: ''

'' by

, Théâtre du Midi *1971: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' by Eugène Ionesco, Poche Montparnasse *1971: ''Béatrice du Congo'' by Bernard Dadié,

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 ...

*1972: ''Le Printemps des bonnets rouges'' by

Paol Keineg Paol Keineg (born February 6, 1944) is a Breton writer and poet born in Quimerc'h (Brittany). He worked in several places in Brittany as a supervisor before becoming a teacher in Morlaix. He was fired without any official reason in 1972, because ...

, Théâtre de la Tempête

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Serreau, Jean-Marie 1915 births People from Poitiers Male actors from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 1973 deaths 20th-century French male actors French theatre directors French theatre managers and producers