Jean Vilar (March 25, 1912 - May 28, 1971) was a French man of the theatre, who created in 1947 the Avignon theatre festival. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual Arts festival held in French city of Avignon.
After he gave up his literature studies, in 1932 he followed in Paris a course of philosophy of Alain and the theatre courses of Charles Dullin. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Émile-Auguste Chartier, commonly known as Alain ( Mortagne-au-Perche, March 3, 1868 - Le Vésinet, June 2, 1951 Charles Dullin ( May 8, 1885 Yenne, Savoie - December 11, 1949, Paris) was a French Actor He was the co-chief of the ambulant theatre of La Roulotte and then of his own theatrical troupe, la Compagnie des Sept, starting 1943. This was created in the year in which he had his first play, La Danse de mort of Strindberg.
He impressed the public as a good actor and scenographer in 1945, thanks to the play Meurtre dans la cathédrale("Murder in the Cathedral") by T. S. Eliot, created at the Vieux Colombier Theatre. Two years later he created the Festival of Avignon. Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune
He was named the head of the Théâtre National Populaire in 1951. He tried to make it more popular by lowering the prices of the tickets and through the concision of the scenes. This quest continued with a politicization starting 1961: many plays discussed things like Fascism in the middle of the War of Algeria. His mandate ended in 1963 and afterwards, he was involved in the festivals he created.
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