Jean-Marie Serreau

Jean-Marie Serreau (; 28 April 1915 – 22 May 1973) was a 20th-century French actor, theatre director and a former student of Charles Dullin.

Serreau directed the in Paris during the 1950s-1960s and established the at 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.

Career

Comedies 1938: La Jalousie du barbouillé by Molière, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, tour in Béarn 1943: Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Molière, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de la Cité (extra) 1945: Le Faiseur by Honoré de Balzac, directed by Charles Dullin, Théâtre de la Cité 1946: La Femme silencieuse by Marcel Achard after Ben Jonson, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, tour in Germany 1947: The Trial by Franz Kafka, adaptation André Gide, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny 1947: Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Christine Tsingos, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 1948: Le Portefeuille by Octave Mirbeau, directed by Christine Tsingos, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 1949: George Dandin by Molière, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau et François Vibert, tours in France and West-Germany, M de Sottenville 1949: Le Bossu by Paul Féval and Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny 1950: The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, 1950: Le Gardien du tombeau by Franz Kafka, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Poche Montparnasse 1952: La Jarre by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de Babylone 1952: Spartacus by Max Aldebert, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Babylone 1952: Méfie-toi, Giacomino by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de Babylone 1952: Cecè by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre de Babylone 1952: La Maison brûlée by August Strindberg, directed by Frank Sundström, Théâtre de Babylone 1953: Si Camille me voyait by , directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Babylone 1953: Tous contre tous by Arthur Adamov, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Babylone 1954: Bellavita by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre Marigny 1954: Man Equals Man by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre des Célestins, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1956: Chaud et froid by Fernand Crommelynck, directed by the author, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1956: Le Paria by August Strindberg, directed by Michel Etcheverry, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1956: The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, directed by Sacha Pitoëff, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1958: Lorsque cinq ans seront passés by Federico García Lorca, directed by Guy Suarès, Théâtre Récamier 1959: The Killer by Eugène Ionesco, directed by José Quaglio, Théâtre Récamier 1960: Un barrage contre le Pacifique de Marguerite Duras, adaptation Geneviève Serreau, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Studio des Champs-Élysées 1960: Biedermann et les incendiaires by Max Frisch, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Lutèce 1961: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1962: The Picture by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1962: L'avenir est dans les œufs ou il faut de tout pour faire un monde by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 1962: The Picture by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1962: Biedermann et les incendiaires by Max Frisch, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre Récamier 1963: L'avenir est dans les œufs ou il faut de tout pour faire un monde by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Ambigu 1963: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Ambigu 1963: La Femme sauvage ou Le Cadavre encerclé by Kateb Yacine, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre Récamier 1963: Si Camille n'était conté by , directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de Lutèce 1965: La Tragédie du roi Christophe by Aimé Césaire, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Odéon 1966: Eris de Lee Falk, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre La Bruyère 1966: Mêlées et démêlées by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre La Bruyère 1967: Une saison au Congo by Aimé Césaire, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Théâtre de l'Est parisien 1970: The Death of Bessie Smith by Edward Albee, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau

Films 1938: L’Impromptu de Barbe Bleu by Pierre Barbier, tour in Béarn 1938: La Jalousie du barbouillé by Molière, tour in Béarn 1946: Le Marchand d'étoiles by Geneviève Serreau, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 1946: La Femme silencieuse by Marcel Achard after Ben Jonson, tour in West-Germany 1947: Farce enfantine de la tête du Dragon by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, tour 1947: The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht, Théâtre des Noctambules 1948: L'Auberge Pleine by Jean Variot, tour 1948: Le Paquebot Tenacity by Charles Vildrac, tour 1949: George Dandin by Molière, with François Vibert, setting François Ganeau, tours in France and West-Germany 1950: The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht, Poche Montparnasse 1950: Le Gardien du tombeau by Franz Kafka, Poche Montparnasse 1950: Le Roi Cerf by Carlo Gozzi, tour 1950: La Grande et la Petite Manœuvre by Arthur Adamov, Théâtre des Noctambules 1952: Spartacus by Max Aldebert, Théâtre de Babylone 1952: La Maison brûlée by August Strindberg, Théâtre de Babylone 1953: Tous contre tous by Arthur Adamov, Théâtre de Babylone 1953: La Rose des vents by Charles Spaak, Théâtre de Babylone 1953: L'Incendie à l'Opéra by Georges Kaiser, Théâtre de Babylone 1953: Si Camille me voyait by , Théâtre de Babylone 1954: Bellavita by Luigi Pirandello, Théâtre Marigny 1954: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de Babylone 1954: Man Equals Man by Bertolt Brecht, Théâtre des Célestins, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1955: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1956: Hommage à Brecht by Geneviève Serreau and Antoine Vitez, Théâtre de l'Alliance française 1957: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Alliance française 1957: Les Coréens by Michel Vinaver, Théâtre de l'Alliance française 1958: Le Cadavre encerclé by Kateb Yacine, Théâtre de Lutèce 1959: Pique-nique en campagne by Fernando Arrabal, Théâtre de Lutèce 1960: Un barrage contre le Pacifique by Marguerite Duras, adaptation Geneviève Serreau, Studio des Champs-Élysées 1960: Hommage à Paul Éluard, Théâtre de l'Ambigu 1960: Biedermann et les incendiaires by Max Frisch, Théâtre de Lutèce 1961: La Rouille by Carlos Semprún Maura, Théâtre de l'Alliance française 1961: The Maids by Jean Genet, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1961: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1962: Tilt by Philippe Curval, Théâtre Récamier 1962: Gilda appelle Mae-West by Michel Parent, 9th Festival des Nuits de Bourgogne Dijon 1962: The Picture by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 1962: The Maids by Jean Genet, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1962: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 1962: L'avenir est dans les œufs ou il faut de tout pour faire un monde by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse 1962: The Picture by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1962: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, Théâtre de l'Ambigu 1962: Biedermann et les incendiaires by Max Frisch, Théâtre Récamier 1963: La Femme sauvage ou Le Cadavre encerclé by Kateb Yacine, Théâtre Récamier 1963: Si Camille n'était conté by , Théâtre de Lutèce 1964: Comédie by Samuel Beckett, Théâtre du Pavillon de Marsan 1965: La Tragédie du roi Christophe by Aimé Césaire, Odéon 1966: Comédie by Samuel Beckett, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1966: La Soif et la faim by Eugène Ionesco, Comédie-Française 1966: Va et vient by Samuel Beckett, Odéon 1967: Les ancêtres redoublent de férocité de Kateb Yacine, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1967: Une saison au Congo by Aimé Césaire, La Fenice, Théâtre de l'Est parisien 1968: L'Otage by Paul Claudel, Comédie-Française 1968: Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir by Alain Decaux, Tréteaux de France 1968: Drôle de baraque by Adrienne Kennedy, Odéon 1968: Uhuru after Aimé Césaire and Kateb Yacine, Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Ville du Havre 1968: Arc-en-ciel pour l'Occident chrétien de René Depestre, Théâtre de la Cité internationale 1968: Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir by Alain Decaux, Tréteaux de France, 1969: Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1969: Comédie by Samuel Beckett, Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse 1969: Le Pain dur by Paul Claudel, Comédie-Française 1969: Une Tempête by Aimé Césaire after William Shakespeare, Théâtre de l'Ouest parisien, Théâtre de la Cité internationale 1970: The Death of Bessie Smith by Edward Albee, Théâtre du Midi 1971: Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco, Poche Montparnasse 1971: Béatrice du Congo by Bernard Dadié, Festival d'Avignon 1972: Le Printemps des bonnets rouges by Paol Keineg, Théâtre de la Tempête