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 .
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: : 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 , 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: : 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
External links
French male actors
French theatre directors
French theatre managers and producers
Male actors from New York City
1920 births
2009 deaths
American emigrants to France