# René Dupuy

René Dupuy (17 May 1920 – 1 August 2009) was a French actor, theater director and theater manager.
A student at the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique in Paris, René Dupuy was later theater manager of:
* the Théâtre Gramont from 1954 to 1973,
* the Théâtre de l'Athénée from 1966 to 1972,
* the Théâtre Fontaine from 1972 to 1985.
He was professor of dramatic art at the école de la Rue Blanche [fr].

## Theatre
### Comedian

* 1950: Henri IV by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
* 1950: Le Cid by Corneille, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
* 1950: Le Bal des voleurs by Jean Anouilh, directed by André Barsacq, Théâtre des Arts
* 1951: The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
* 1956: Irma la douce by Marguerite Monnot, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1958: Édition de midi by Mihail Sebastian, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1963: You never can tell by George Bernard Shaw, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1965: Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelderode, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont
* 1966: La Convention de Belzébir by Marcel Aymé, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1966: Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1970: Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1977: Au théâtre ce soir [fr] : Les Petits Oiseaux d'Eugène Labiche, directed by René Dupuy, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
* 1984: Au théâtre ce soir : La Pomme by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr, directed by René Dupuy, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

### Theatre director

* 1948: La Vengeance d'une orpheline russe by Henri Rousseau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
* 1949: La Vengeance d'une orpheline russe by Henri Rousseau, Studio des Champs-Élysées
* 1951: La calandria by Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, Festival d'Avignon
* 1954: Le Héros et le soldat by George Bernard Shaw, Théâtre Gramont
* 1955: Le Quai Conti by Guillaume Hanoteau [es; fr], Théâtre Gramont
* 1956: À la monnaie du Pape by Louis Velle, Théâtre Gramont
* 1956: Irma la douce by Alexandre Breffort and Marguerite Monnot, Théâtre Gramont
* 1956: The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge, Théâtre Gramont
* 1957: Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare, Théâtre de l'Ambigu
* 1958: Édition de midi by Mihail Sebastian, Théâtre Gramont
* 1959: La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet by Jean Rougeul after Gaston Leroux, Théâtre Gramont
* 1960: La Petite Datcha by Vasiliei Vasil'evitch Chkvarkin, Théâtre Daunou
* 1961: Visa pour l'amour by Raymond Vinci and Francis Lopez, Gaîté lyrique
* 1961: Un certain monsieur Blot by Robert Rocca after Pierre Daninos, Théâtre Gramont
* 1962: À notre âge on a besoin d'amour and La Cloison by Jean Savy, Théâtre de l'Alliance française
* 1962: Le Timide au palais by Tirso de Molina, Théâtre Gramont
* 1963: You never can tell by George Bernard Shaw, Théâtre Gramont
* 1964: Les Fausses Confidences de Marivaux, Théâtre de l'Ambigu
* 1965: Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelderode, Théâtre Gramont
* 1965: Du vent dans les branches de sassafras by René de Obaldia, Théâtre Gramont
* 1966: La Convention de Belzébir by Marcel Aymé, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet
* 1967: A Report to an Academy by Franz Kafka, Théâtre Gramont
* 1968: After the Rain by John Griffith Bowen, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet
* 1969: Les Grosses Têtes by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault, directed by and with Jean Poiret, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet
* 1969: Popaul et Juliette by André Maheux and Mireille Hartuch, Théâtre Gramont
* 1971: Fortune and Men's Eyes by John Herbert, Théâtre de l'Athénée
* 1972: Le Roi des cons by Georges Wolinski, Théâtre Fontaine
* 1973: Chante, Papa, chante by Marcel Moussy, Théâtre des Nouveautés
* 1974: Au théâtre ce soir [fr] : Le Vison à cinq pattes by Constance Coline after Peter Coke, TV director Jean Royer, Théâtre Marigny
* 1977: Au théâtre ce soir: Les Petits Oiseaux by Eugène Labiche, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
* 1979: Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, Théâtre Fontaine
* 1982: Lili Lamont by Arthur Whithney, Théâtre Fontaine
* 1984: Au théâtre ce soir: La Pomme by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
* 1988: Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco