Occupation Actor and director Name Jean Vilar | Role Actor | |
Born 25 March 1912 Sete, Herault Died May 28, 1971, Sete, France Movies Gates of the Night, Raphael, or The Debauched One, Wench, Le Theatre National Populaire, The Farm of Seven Sins Similar People Marcel Carne, Jacques Prevert, Georges Franju, Maurice Jarre, Michel Deville | ||
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Jean Vilar (25 March 1912, Sète, Hérault – 28 May 1971, Sète, Hérault) was a French actor and theatre director.
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Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 1943 in a small theatre in Paris. In 1947, he accepted an invitation to direct the first annual drama festival at Avignon.
Frustrated with what he felt was the narrow élitist horizons of the theatre, he devoted himself to creating a "people's theatre" and became a dominant force in the decentralization of theatre. He created two major theatrical institutions, the Festival d'Avignon and the Théâtre National Populaire. His policy was to make theatre accessible to the greatest possible number of people.
His grave is in the Cimetiere Marin, Sete. (The same cemetery as Paul Valery's)
