Jean-Marie Serreau | |
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Born | 28 April 1915 Poitiers |
Died | 22 May 1973 Paris |
(aged 58)
Occupation | Comedian Theatre director |
Spouse(s) | Geneviève Serreau |
Jean-Marie Serreau (28 April 1915 – 22 May 1973) was an 20th-century French actor, theatre director and a former student of Charles Dullin.
Serreau directed the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris during the 1950s-1960s and established the Théâtre de la Tempête at La Cartoucherie in Vincennes in 1970. He created works by avant gardist playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet and Eugène Ionesco, as well as works by Kateb Yacine and Aimé Césaire.
Married to Geneviève Serreau, herself an author and theatre director, he was Dominique Serreau's, Coline Serreau's and Nicolas Serreau's father.