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Bernard Jenny

1931 – 2011

French theatre director, scenographer and playwright

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Lived 1931 – 2011 (aged 79). Bernard Jenny was a French theatre director, scenographer, playwright, dramatist and scenic designer.

Bernard Jenny (18 March 1931 – 5 March 2011) was a French dramatist, theatre director and scenic designer. He directed the Théâtre de Lutèce until 1958 and was director of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier from 1959 to 1970.

Television 1987: , episode Maigret's Failure by Gilles Katz

Theatre Comedian 1956: La corde pour te pendre by Frédéric Valmain after Malice by Pierre Mac Orlan, directed by Bernard Jenny, Comédie de Paris 1956: La Cuisine des anges by Albert Husson, directed by Christian-Gérard, Théâtre des Célestins 1957: La Carmen by André de Richaud, directed by Bernard Jenny, Théâtre de Lutèce

Dramatist 1983: Stanislas l'enchanteur by and directed by Bernard Jenny, Semaine du théâtre, Le Maillon, Strasbourg 1984: Sila, princesse de Mélimélonie by and directed by Bernard Jenny, Le Maillon, Strasbourg

Theatre director 1955: The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Luigi Pirandello, Studio des Champs-Élysées 1956: Sisyphe et le mort by Robert Merle, Théâtre de Lutèce 1956: Le Pauvre Bougre et le Bon Génie by Alphonse Allais, Théâtre de Lutèce 1956: La corde pour te pendre by Frédéric Valmain after Malice by Pierre Mac Orlan, Comédie de Paris 1957: The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden by Federico García Lorca, Théâtre de Lutèce 1957: La Carmen by André de Richaud, Théâtre de Lutèce 1960: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist, Théâtre de l'Alliance française 1960: Christobal de Lugo by Loys Masson, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1961: Arden de Feversham Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1962: Polyeucte by Corneille, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1962: L'Otage by Paul Claudel, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1962: Le Pain dur by Paul Claudel, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1962: Le Père humilié by Paul Claudel, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1963: Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1964: Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca, Théâtre Hébertot 1964–1965: Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, , Ancient Theatre of Fourvière Lyon, Festival de Montauban, Théâtre des Galeries Brussels 1965: Liolà by Luigi Pirandello, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1965: Saint-Euloge de Cordoue by Maurice Clavel, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1967: Et moi aussi j'existe by Georges Neveux, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1967: Des petits bonhommes dans du papier journal by Jean-Claude Darnal, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1968: Polyeucte by Corneille, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1968: Mithridate by Racine, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1968: Biedermann und die Brandstifter by Max Frisch, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1969: Tartuffe by Molière, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1969: Platonov by Anton Chekhov, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier 1977: Le Chariot d'or by Mario Gautherat, Théâtre Municipal at Strasbourg then Mulhouse 1981: La Voyage by Martin Graff and Roger Siffer, Pléiade d'Alsace Strasbourg Le Maillon 1982: Dieu est alsacienne by Martin Graff and Roger Siffer, Le Maillon, Strasbourg 1983: Stanislas l'enchanteur by Bernard Jenny, Le Maillon, Strasbourg 1984: La Voix humaine by Jean Cocteau, Le Maillon, Strasbourg 1984: Sila, princesse de mélimélonie by Bernard Jenny, Le Maillon, Strasbourg 1985: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Théâtre La Choucrouterie, Strasbourg 1985: Mangeront-ils ? by Victor Hugo, Le Maillon Strasbourg et Septembre artistique, Nancy

Scenic designer 1969: Platonov by Anton Chekhov, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

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Who was Bernard Jenny?

French theatre director, scenographer and playwright (1931-2011)

When was Bernard Jenny born?

Bernard Jenny was born on 18 March 1931 in Strasbourg.

When did Bernard Jenny die?

Bernard Jenny died on 5 March 2011.

What was Bernard Jenny's occupation?

Bernard Jenny was a theatre director, scenographer, playwright, dramatist and scenic designer.

What nationality was Bernard Jenny?

Bernard Jenny was French.

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