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 Charles-Maurice Favre-Bertin, a French sculptor, decorator, and medalist, and was 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 Commander of Arts and Letters in 1983. She died in 1991 of lung cancer, and is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Early life and education

Monfort was born in the neighborhood of Le Marais in Rue Elzévir, a short distance from Rue de Thorigny, where she would set up her first

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in 1972. Her family lived in this Parisian neighborhood for several generations. Her father sent her to boarding school after her mother died when she was young. She undertook her secondary studies first at Lycée Victor-Hugo and then at Lycée Victor Duruy.Biography on the site o
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She obtained her baccalauréat at the age of 14 with special permission. Her father had intended for her to pursue a career at the Gobelins Manufactory, but instead, she took theatre classes with Jean Hervé and Jean Valcourt. In 1939, at the age of 16, she met Maurice Clavel, who directed the Resistance network in

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Cocteau, Vilar, and Théâtre National Populaire

In 1945, Monfort acted in

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's play '' La casa de Bernarda Alba''. She drew the attention of Edwige Feuillère, who she then acted alongside in '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by

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. The play was first presented in 1946 at the Royal Theatre of the Galeries Royales of Saint-Hubert in

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. Through Clavel, she met Jean Vilar in 1947 and participated in the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP). She took part in the first Festival d'Avignon with ''The Story of Tobias and Sarah'' (1947). Alongside Gérard Philipe, she played Chimène in '' Le Cid''. She performed with Vilar in '' Cinna'' and '' The Marriage of Figaro''.

Cinema

Monfort made her film debut in '' Les Anges du péché''. While looking for non-professionals for his film, director

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hired her. In 1948, she played the role of Édith de Berg in the cinematic adaptation of '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by Cocteau with Feuillère and Jean Marais. In 1955, Agnès Varda, then a photographer at the TNP, directed her first film, '' La Pointe Courte'', one of the first of the New Wave. Varda recalls Monfort's participation in the film: "She joined the project with enthusiasm and professionalism, according to Varda. I really think she was happy to fight for a cinema of the future." Separated from Maurice Clavel, Silvia Monfort shared her life with the director Jean-Paul Le Chanois and participated in his films. Despite having an arm in a plaster cast, Le Chanois insisted that she play a Polish prisoner alongside François Périer and Pierre Fresnay in ''Les Évadés'' (1955), a film inspired by a true story. She then co-starred with Jean Gabin and Nicole Courcel 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 '' Les Misérables'', alongside Gabin and Bourvil (1958), and then the Gypsy girl, Myrtille, in '' Mandrin'' beside Georges Rivière and Georges Wilson. This film concluded her cinematic career and her relationship with Le Chanois in 1962.

On the road

During the 1960s, Monfort took to the road with Jean Danet and his troupe, the Tréteaux de France, a traveling theatre company. She was actively involved in the initiative, ensuring that new and contemporary plays were performed alongside works from the classical repertoire. On 23 June 1965, Silvia wrote to Pierre Gruneberg: "I've convinced Danet to schedule a series of performances in September of ''The Prostitute'' and ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' under a big top around Paris (this way, the inconveniently returning directors will be able to see it there if necessary). 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 HLM, and one evening to hear a spectator declare at the end of ''Electra'' to Silvia 'It's as beautiful as a Western!', which filled our tragedienne with joy."

Tragedienne

Monfort explored ancient and modern theatrical repertoires for nearly half a century, whether with the Tréteaux, in festivals, in private theatres, and later in her Carrés. She acted in five versions of '' Phèdre'' in different theatres as well as on television. She interpreted numerous works of Racine and Corneille. She performed

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' '' 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 at Villeurbanne in 1959 in ''Love's Second Surprise'' and by

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in Paris in 1961 in '' 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'' beside Alain Delon and Romy Schneider. She made appearances in '' Summer and Smoke'' (1953) and '' Suddenly, Last Summer'' (1965) by Tennessee Williams. She incarnated the

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of Cocteau's ''The Infernal Machine'' in festivals as well as on television with Claude Giraud in 1963. She was '' The Respectful Prostitute'' of

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(1965) and '' The Duchess of Malfi'' beside Raf Vallone (1981). At Carré Thorigny, she brought about the debut of

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in Tom Eyen's ''Why Doesn't Anna's Dress Want to Come off'' (1974). She was also seen in '' The Oresteia'' (1962) and '' The Persians'' of

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(1984). She portrayed ''

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'' in

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(1975), Marguerite de Bourgogne in ''The Tower of Nesle'' by

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(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 by Henrik Ibsen (1976), and then The Lady from the Sea' (1977). To celebrate the centenary of Cocteau'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 is among the most influential performers of ''Phèdre''. A study by the CNRS about the tragedies that 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 about other tragic actresses (

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, Marie Bell, Nada Strancar and Natacha Amal); this characteristic of her acting contributed to Silvia Monfort's performances being received with 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."

Circus and mime school

In 1972, with the support of Jacques Duhamel, then Minister of Cultural Affairs, she set up and directed the ''Carré Thorigny'' Rue de Thorigny in the neighborhood of Le Marais 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 Jardin d'Acclimatation. 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 made 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 theatre was built, with his name and of the right size." However, she died a few months before its completion. Inaugurated in 1992, the own theatre bears her name: Théâtre Silvia-Monfort. Monfort died of lung cancer on March 30, 1991, in Courchevel.

The Silvia Monfort Prize

Pierre Gruneberg, Silvia Monfort's husband since 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 prize winners have been: # Smadi Wolfman (1996) # Rachida Brakni (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

) (with Renée Faure) - Agnès *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

: '' The Great Maguet'' (by Roger Richebé) (with Madeleine Robinson) - Anaïs Arnold *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

: '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' (by

) (with Edwige Feuillère and Jean Marais) - Édith de Berg *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

: '' The Secret of Mayerling'' (by Jean Delannoy) (with Jean Marais) - L'archiduchesse Stéphanie * 1955: '' Les Évadés'' (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) (with Pierre Fresnay and François Périer) - Wanda * 1955: '' La Pointe Courte'' (by Agnès Varda) (with Philippe Noiret) - Elle *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

: '' Ce soir les jupons volent'' (by Dimitri Kirsanoff) (with Sophie Desmarets) - Huguette Laurent-Maréchal *

: '' Le Théâtre national populaire'' (Short, by Georges Franju) (with Jean Vilar) * 1957: '' The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) (with Jean Gabin and Nicole Courcel) - Catherine Loubet * 1958: '' Les Misérables'' (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) (with Jean Gabin and Bourvil) - Eponine Thénardier * 1959: '' Du rififi chez les femmes'' (by

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) (with Robert Hossein and Roger Hanin) - Yoko * 1960: '' La Française et l'amour'' (sketch '' La Femme seule'') (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) (with Robert Lamoureux and Martine Carol) - Gilberte Dumas (segment "Femme seule, La") * 1961: '' Par-dessus le mur'' (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) - Simone *

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

: '' Mandrin'' (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) (with Georges Rivière and Georges Wilson) - 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 Cove ...

: ''L'itinéraire marin'' (by Jean Rollin) * 1970: ''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 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

: ''Nuova Colonia'' (by Patrick Bureau) - La Spera https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386670/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_1_in_0_q_Nuova%2520Colonia

Theatre

Private theatres, TNP and Tréteaux de France * 1945: ''

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'' by Charles Péguy (Dreux) * 1945: ''La casa de Bernarda Alba'' by

(Studio des Champs-Élysées) * 1946: '' L'Aigle à deux têtes'' by

(Théâtre Hébertot) * 1947: '' L'Histoire de Tobie et de Sara'' by Paul Claudel (1st festival d'Avignon) * 1948: ''Shéhérazade'' by Jules Supervielle (Festival d'Avignon) * 1949: ''Pas d'amour'' by Ugo Betti, adaptation de Maurice Clavel ( théâtre des Noctambules) * 1950: '' Andromaque'' by Racine (Nîmes) * 1951: ''Maguelone'' by Maurice Clavel (Théâtre Marigny) * 1951: '' Electra'' by

, 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

(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 (Caen) * 1953: '' The Merchant of Venice'' by

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(Noctambules) * 1953: ''Summer and Smoke'' by Tennessee Williams ( Théâtre de l'Œuvre) * 1954: '' Le Cid'' by Corneille ( TNP) * 1954: '' Cinna'' by Corneille ( TNP) * 1955: '' Penthesilea'' by Heinrich Von Kleist (Théâtre Hébertot) * 1956: '' Marie Stuart'' by

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(Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier) * 1956: '' The Marriage of Figaro'' by Beaumarchais ( TNP) * 1957: ''Pitié pour les héros'' by M.A. Baudy (Comédie de Paris) * 1959: ''Love's Second Surprise'' by Marivaux (Villeurbanne) * 1959: ''Bérénice'' by Racine (Festival de Dijon) * 1959: ''La Machine infernale'' by

(Festival de Vaison-la-Romaine) * 1959: '' Lady Godiva'' by Jean Canolle (Festivals, Théâtre Moderne, Théâtre Édouard VII) * 1960: '' Edward II'' by Christopher Marlowe (Villeurbanne) * 1960: ''Love's Second Surprise'' by Marivaux (Villeurbanne) * 1960: ''Si la foule nous voit ensemble'' by Claude Bal (Théâtre de Paris) * 1960: '' Arden of Faversham'' (Festivals de Dijon et de Vaison-la-Romaine) * 1960: '' Phèdre'' by Racine (Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, tournée Européenne) * 1961: '' 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'' by John Ford (Théâtre de Paris) * 1962: '' The Oresteia'' by

, adaptation by Paul Claudel * 1962: ''La Nuit de feu'' by Marcelle Maurette (Port-Royal) * 1962: ''Helen'' by

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, adaptation by Jean Canolle (Narbonne) * 1962: ''Horace'' by Corneille (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

(Les Nuits de Bourgogne) * 1964: ''Life Is but a Dream'' by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Festival d'Annecy) * 1964: ''Julius Caesar'' by

(Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Lyon) * 1964: ''Catharsis'' by Michel Parent (Dijon) * 1965: ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' by Tennessee Williams (Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1965: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' by

(Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1965: ''The Story of Tobias and Sarah'' by Paul Claudel (Les Nuits de Bourgogne) * 1965: '' Electra'' by

, adaptation de Maurice Clavel (Festival d'Annecy, Tréteaux de France) * 1965: ''Enemies'' by

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(Théâtre des Amandiers Nanterre) * 1965: '' La Surprise de l'amour'' by Marivaux (Théâtre des Amandiers Nanterre, festivals) * 1966: '' Electra'' by

, adaptation de Maurice Clavel (Mathurins) * 1966: ''The Evil Is Spreading'' by Jacques Audiberti (Tréteaux de France) * 1966: ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' by Tennessee Williams (Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1966: ''The Respectful Prostitute'' by

(Tréteaux de France, Mathurins) * 1967: '' Phèdre'' 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'' by Racine * 1973: ''Cantique des cantiques'', oratorio by Roger Frima * 1973: ''Conversations dans le Loir-et-Cher'' by Paul Claudel * 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, Great Hall * 1975, June to July: '' Dimitri Clown'', Great Hall * 1975, September: '' Histoire du soldat'' by

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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: ''

'' by

(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'' by Henrik Ibsen, adaptation by Maurice Clavel, Great Hall * 1977, January, February, March: '' The Lady from the Sea'' by Henrik Ibsen, Great Hall * 1977, April to May: ''

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'' by Henrik Ibsen, done by the Ensemble Théâtral Mobile, Great Hall * 1977: '' Songs of Bilitis'' by Pierre Louÿs * 1977: ''Visit of René-Guy Cadou'', poetic soirée * 1977: ''Nuova Colonia'' de Luigi Pirandello * 1977: ''The Burial of a Boss'' de Dario Fo (Mulhouse) * 1977: Closes at year's end Jardin d'Acclimatation * Just one

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, from 1978 to 1979 Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard * 1979: ''La Cantate à trois voix'' by Paul Claudel (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'' by John Webster * 1982: '' Phèdre'' by Racine * 1983: ''Hot and Cold'' by Fernand Crommelynck * 1984: ''The Persians'' by

* 1984: ''Die Panne'' by Friedrich Dürrenmatt * 1985: ''The Millionairess'' by

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* 1985: '' Bajazet'' by Racine * 1985: ''The Tower of Nesle'' by

* 1987: '' Britannicus'' by Racine * 1987: '' Iphigénie'' by Racine * 1988: ''Théodore'' by Corneille * 1989: ''The Two Ways'' by

Directed by her * 1965: '' Electra'' by

, 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 (Abbatiale de Rouen) * 1984: ''The Persians'' by

(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

(Carré Silvia Monfort Vaugirard)

Television

* 1959: '' Bérénice'' by Racine * 1960: '' Phèdre'' by Racine * 1960: '' Bajazet'' by Racine * 1962: '' Helen'' by

* 1962: ''The Night of Fire'' by Marcelle Maurette * 1963: ''The Infernal Machine'' by

- Directed by Claude Loursais * 1965: ''

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'' by

* 1967: '' The Trojan war will not take place'' by Jean Giraudoux * 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 * 1980: '' Edgar Poe'', theatre-ballet by Joseph Russillo * 1980: ''Phèdre'' by Racine * 1980: '' Electra'' by

* 1981: ''Conversation in the

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'' by Paul Claudel * 1982: ''Phèdre'' by Racine * 1982: ''The Dream of Icarus'', TV film by Jean Kerchbron * 1986: ''Bajazet'' by Racine * 1986: ''The Tower of Nesle'' by

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 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 : '' Phèdre'' - Le Livre de Poche - 1985 - * Corneille : '' 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

(1947) - CD, Éditions Phonurgia Nova & INA - 1992 - On video * '' Le Cas du docteur Laurent'' - Film by Jean-Paul Le Chanois - single DVD, Zone 2 (Éditions LCJ) * '' Les Misérables'' - Film in two eras by Jean-Paul Le Chanois - 2-set DVD, Zone 2 (''Les Années Cinquante'' collection- Éditions René Chateau)

References

External links

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