biography
pronunciation:
[zhoovay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1951)
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| biography:
| Actor and theatre/film director, born in Crozon, NW France. He studied as a pharmacist but took to the stage, touring the USA with Jacques Copeau's company (1918–19). He became stage-manager (1922) and director (1924) of the Comédie des Champs Elysées. He was the first to recognize Giraudoux, all but one of whose plays he produced. In 1934 his company transferred to the Théâtre de l'Athénée, and he became professor at the Paris Conservatoire. |
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