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