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Jean Vilar (1912-1971) was a French actor and theatre director who created the Festival d'Avignon and the Théâtre National Populaire. He was known for his "people's theatre" policy and his film roles in Les Mousquetaires du roi and Raphael, or The Debauched One.
Jean Vilar (1912-1971) est un acteur, réalisateur et directeur de théâtre français, fondateur du Festival d'Avignon et du Théâtre national populaire. Il a marqué l'histoire culturelle de la France de l'après-guerre avec ses interprétations de Shakespeare, Corneille, Racine et d'autres auteurs.
Jean Vilar (born March 25, 1912, Sète, France—died May 28, 1971, Sète) was a French actor and director who revitalized the Théâtre National Populaire as a forceful educational and creative influence in French life.
Learn about Jean Vilar, a 20th century theatre pioneer who founded the Festival d’Avignon and the Théâtre national Populaire. Discover his biography, his vision of popular theatre and his timeline of achievements.
May 29, 1971 · PARIS, May 28 — Jean Vilar, the actor and director who dominated theater in France for a generation, died this morning in his hometown of Sete, in southern France, of a heart attack. He was 59...
Jean Vilar was born on 25 March 1912 in Sète, Hérault, France. He was an actor and writer, known for L'avare (1966), Gates of the Night (1946) and Justice Is Done (1950). He was married to Andrée Schlegel-Vilar. He died on 28 May 1971 in Sète, Hérault, France.
Jean Vilar. (1912—1971) Quick Reference. (b. Sète, Hérault, France, 25 March 1912; d. Sète, 28 May 1971) Actor and director. He studied under Dullin before discovering popular theatre with a touring company. After spending the ... From: Vilar, Jean in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre.
Born in Sète in 1912, Jean Vilar always remained attached to the elements which had accompanied him since his childhood: “ The sun and the sky, the sea and the winds, the most beautiful theatre in the world, a gift to the imagination where everything is possible.”
VILAR, JEAN (1912–1971) BIBLIOGRAPHY. French actor, director, and founder of the Avignon Festival. Born in Sète, France, Jean Vilar began as a student of literature but was influenced by the leading French actor and director Charles Dullin to study acting at Dullin's academy, the Atelier.
Jean Vilar was born on 25 March 1912 in Sète, Hérault, France. He was an actor and writer, known for L'avare (1966), Gates of the Night (1946) and Justice Is Done (1950). He was married to Andrée Schlegel-Vilar.
