Jean Sarment

Jean Sarment, real name Jean Bellemère, (13 January 1897 – 29 March 1976) was a French film and stage actor and a writer. He was nominated administrator of the Comédie-Française in July 1944 although he won't occupy the position.

Selected filmography 1934 : Léopold le bien-aimé, directed by Arno-Charles Brun (script, dialogue and main interpret) : Léopold 1938 : Terre de feu, directed by Marcel L'Herbier (script) 1939 : , directed by Giorgio Ferroni and Marcel L'Herbier, Italian version of the latter (script) 1941 : The Chain Breaker, directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman 1958 : , directed by Günther Lüders 1963 : The Trip to Biarritz, directed by Gilles Grangier 1971 : : Sur mon beau navire by Jean Sarment, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

Theatre

Author

1920 : La Couronne de carton, play in four acts and one prologue, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, directed by Lugné-Poe, on 4 February 1920 at Paris, distinguished by the Académie française, Paul Hervieu prize in 1920, reprise at the Comédie-Française on 19 March 1934 1921 : Le Pêcheur d'ombres, comedy, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, directed by Lugné-Poe, 15 April 1921 at Paris 1922 : Le Mariage d'Hamlet, play in three acts and one prologue, premiered in 1922 at Mayence, reprise at Paris at the Théâtre de l'Odéon on 10 November 1922 1923 : Le Carnaval des enfants 1924 : Je suis trop grand pour moi, play in four acts, Comédie-Française, 26 March 1924 at Paris 1924 : Les Six Grimaces de Don Juan, one act play, Studio des Champs-Elysées, Paris 1924 : L'Arlequin, libretto of the lyrical comedy in five acts and six tableaux by Max d'Ollone, premiered on 24 December 1924 at the Opéra de Paris 1925 : Madelon, four act play, written in collaboration with Robert Rousseau de Bauplan, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, directed by Émile Bertin, 17 March 1925 at Paris 1925 : Les Plus beaux yeux du monde, comedy in three acts, Théâtre du Journal, directed by René Collin, 24 October 1925 at Paris 1926 : As-tu du cœur, comedy in three acts, théâtre de la Renaissance, 3 October 1926 at Paris 1927 : Léopold le bien-aimé, comedy in three acts, directed by Louis Jouvet, Comédie des Champs-Élysées, 12 October 1927 at Paris, reprise at la Comédie-Française on 29 September 1941, directed by Pierre Dux 1928 : Sur mon beau navire, comedy in three acts, cowritten with Robert Rousseau de Bauplan, premiered at Théâtre de la Michodière on 30 November 1928 1930 : Bobard, four act comedy, cowritten with Robert Rousseau de Bauplan, Théâtre Antoine, 9 April 1930 1930 :Facilité, comedy in two acts, Théâtre Montparnasse, directed by Gaston Baty 1933 : Peau d'Espagne, comedy in four acts, cowritten with Robert Rousseau de Bauplan, Théâtre de l'Athénée, 29 March 1933 at Paris 1934 : Le Discours des prix, play in three acts and four tableaux, directed by Jacques Baumer, Théâtre Saint-Georges, 27 September 1934 at Paris 1935 : Madame Quinze, play in three acts and ten tableaux, Comédie-Française, 20 February 1935 1935 : L'Impromptu de Paris, à-propos in one act, premiered on 26 Octobre 1935 at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 1936 : Le Voyage à Biarritz, play in one act, premiered on 28 April 1936 at Comédie-Française 1936 : Beaucoup de bruit pour rien, comedy in four parts after the work by Shakespeare Much ado about nothing 1942 : Don Carlos, adaptation of the play by Friedrich von Schiller, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 11 April 1942 1948 : Roméo et Juliette, translation and adaptation in three parts of the five act play by Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 1951 : Nous étions trois, three act play, premiered at Nice at Palais de la Méditerranée on 22 February 1951, reprise at Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée 25 April 1951 1955 : Le Pavillon des enfants, play in two parts and eight tableaux, directed by Julien Bertheau, scenography François Ganeau, Comédie-Française, 24 May 1955 at Paris

Actor

1917 : Les Fourberies de Scapin by Molière, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre New York 1917 : Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1917 : La Navette by Henry Becque, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : La Surprise de l'amour by Marivaux, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : L'Amour médecin by Molière, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : The Brothers Karamazov by Fiodor Dostoïevski, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : Blanchette by Eugène Brieux, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : Le Gendre de M. Poirier by Émile Augier and Jules Sandeau, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : Georgette Lemeunier by Maurice Donnay, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : Crainquebille by Anatole France, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre 1918 : Le Médecin malgré lui by Molière, directed by Jacques Copeau, Garrick's Theatre New York 1920 : La Couronne de carton by Jean Sarment, directed by Lugné-Poe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1921 : Le Pêcheur d'ombres by Jean Sarment, directed by Lugné-Poe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre 1921 : La Couronne de carton by Jean Sarment, Théâtre de Paris 1925 : Madelon de Jean Sarment, directed by Émile Bertin, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 1923 : La Couronne de carton by Jean Sarment, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1927 : Léopold le bien-aimé, directed by Louis Jouvet, Comédie des Champs-Élysées : : l'abbé 1928 : Sur mon beau navire by Jean Sarment, Théâtre de la Michodière 1929 : Le Pêcheur d'ombres by Jean Sarment, directed by René Rocher, Comédie-Caumartin 1930 : Bobard de Jean Sarment, directed by René Rocher, Théâtre Antoine 1932 : Le Plancher des vaches by Jean Sarment, Théâtre Antoine 1933 : Peau d'Espagne by Jean Sarment, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1936 : Le Voyage à Biarritz, with André Brunot, Comédie-Française

Books 1925 : Lettres à Corysandre, édition Albin Michel, Paris, 227 pages 1930 : De la flûte au tambour, éditions Librairie de France, 146 pages 1931 : Lord Arthur Morrow Cowley, roman, édition Charpentier Fasquelle, Paris, 245 pages 1948 : Le Livre d'or de Florimond, édition Aux portes du large, Nantes, 254 pages 1950 : Charles Dullin, éditions Calmann-Lévy, collection " Masques et Visages ", 152 pages 1964 : Poèmes, éditions de la Revue Moderne, Paris, 300 pages, contenant : 1. Le cœur d'enfance 2. De la flûte au tambour 3. Reflets 4. Patries perdues et retrouvées 1977 : Cavalcadour, éditions J. C. Simoën, 546 pages, autobiographie romancée, où l'on retrouve les " protagonistes de l'aventure d'autrefois ", Michel Carassou, Jacques Vaché et le groupe de Nantes.