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Roger Planchon

Roger Planchon (; born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker.

Biography

Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspiration from his rural origins and this issue was a recurring theme in his writings.

He started on stage in 1949 after winning an amateur theater. In 1952, he founded the Théâtre de la Comédie, located in the rue des Marronniers, in Lyon. He was the director of the Théâtre de la Cité of Villeurbanne since 1957 (which became the Théâtre National Populaire in 1972).

Roger Planchon transposed many works by Brecht, Molière, Shakespeare, and many works of contemporary authors, including Arthur Adamov and Michel Vinaver, but also opened the Théâtre National Populaire to Patrice Chéreau, then Georges Lavaudant.

As films, he directed George Dandin ou le Mari confondu by Molière, Louis, enfant roi, which was entered at Cannes, and another one by Lautrec.

End of life

In 2002, Christian Schiaretti succeeded him as director of the TNP; he created his own company with which he continued to write and direct until his death.

He died on 12 May 2009 after a heart attack, he is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (22nd division).

Filmography

References

Bibliography

  • Monograph about Roger Planchon
  • Michel Bataillon
  • Un défi en province. Planchon : chronique d'une aventure théâtrale, préf. Jean-Jacques Lerrant, Marval, Paris, 2001, 2 vol. : 1950-1957 - 269 p., 1957-1972 - 385 p., <small>(ISBN 2-86234-308-0)</small>
  • Un défi en province : chronique d'une aventure théâtrale, 1972-1986, TNP, Marval, Paris, 2005, 3 vol. : 1972-1982, Chéreau - 273 p., 1972-1982, Planchon - 320 p., 1972-1986... et leurs invités - 248 p. <small>(ISBN 2-86234-379-X)</small>
  • Tommaso Zaccheo
  • Roger Planchon et ses théâtres (1949-1987). Enquête sur un metteur en scène, directeur et auteur de théâtre, Bari, Edizioni di Pagina, coll. Due Punti, 2025, p. 556 <small>(ISBN 979-12-5609-096-9), (</small><nowiki>https://hal.science/view/index/docid/5331817</nowiki> <small>[archive]</small>)
  • Émile Copfermann
  • , Lausanne, La Cité, 1969, 315 <abbr>p.</abbr> .
  • Théâtres de Roger Planchon, Union générale d'éditions, Paris, 1977, coll. 10-18, 445 p. <small>(ISBN 2-264-00168-2)</small>
  • Yvette Daoust
  • Roger Planchon Director and Playwright, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1981, 2010, 262 p. <small>(ISBN 978-0-521-12911-4)</small>
  • Academic publications about Roger Planchon
  • <abbr>(en)</abbr> Rosette C. Lamont, « », Modern Drama, <abbr>vol.</abbr> 25, <abbr>n<sup>o</sup></abbr> 3, automne 1982, <abbr>p.</abbr> 363-373 <small>(lire en ligne [archive])</small>.
  • <abbr>(en)</abbr> John Burgess, «  », Theatre Quarterly, <abbr>vol.</abbr> <abbr>VI</abbr>, <abbr>n<sup>o</sup></abbr> 21, 1976.
  • Tommaso Zaccheo. Le Théâtre dans la Cité (1957-1959). Un bulletin-programme pour “en un mot […] informer”. European Drama and Performance Studies, 2021, ⟨10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12008-7.p.0079⟩. ⟨hal-03330947 <small>[archive]</small>⟩
  • Tommaso Zaccheo, Roger Planchon et Patrice Chéreau à Villeurbanne. Réinventer un « nouvel usage » des classiques entre une Dispute et un Tartuffe, Revue d'Histoire du Théâtre, 2022. ⟨hal-03866979 <small>[archive]</small>⟩
  • Michel Bataillon, Léonor Delaunay, Tommaso Zaccheo. Souvenirs d'un factotum. Entretien avec Michel Bataillon sur son compagnonnage avec Roger Planchon. Revue d'Histoire du Théâtre, 2022, 294, <nowiki>https://sht.asso.fr/souvenirs-dun-factotum/</nowiki>. ⟨hal-04294266 <small>[archive]</small>⟩
  • Tommaso Zaccheo. Roger Planchon et L’Arche : pour une micro-histoire d’un discours [d]’amoureux. Florence Baillet; Nicole Colin. L’Arche Éditeur. Le théâtre à une échelle transnationale, Aix-Marseille Université Editions, pp.95-105, 2021, 9791032002940. ⟨hal-03168674 <small>[archive]</small>⟩
  • Tommaso Zaccheo, Roger Planchon et Michel Vinaver : une amitié à l’épreuve du théâtre, Double Jeu : Théâtre / Cinéma, 2024, 21, pp.79-90. ⟨10.4000/12ivz⟩. ⟨hal-04744779 <small>[archive]</small>⟩

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