André Antoine
André Antoine (born January 31, 1858 in Limoges , † October 19, 1943 in Le Pouliguen , Loire-Atlantique ) was French stage manager.
Life
Antoine was an employee of the gas distribution company and led its amateur drama group. Using her as a basis, he founded the Théâtre Libre in Paris in 1887 . With the help of Émile Zola , he founded the private theater association to play socially critical plays by Zola, Henrik Ibsen , Gerhart Hauptmann and others in closed general meetings . a. to stage past the censorship.
Antoine tried to create a stage design that was as realistic as possible. His first major success was The Power of Darkness (1888). He was the first to stage Ghosts (1890), The Wild Duck (1891), Fräulein Julie (1893) and The Weavers (1893) in France . With his work he paved the way for naturalism and thus had a revolutionary effect on French theater. After the theater was closed due to financial problems in 1894, he continued his work from 1896 to 1906 at the Théâtre Antoine and from 1906 to 1914 at the Théâtre Odéon . He turned increasingly to the classics such as Shakespeare , but could no longer build on his earlier successes. Affected by debt, André Antoine mainly worked as a journalist and theater critic . From 1917 to 1922 he directed several films, including the influential Zola film adaptation of La Terre (1921).
Filmography
As a director:
- Les Frères corses , 1915
- Le Coupable , 1917
- Les Travailleurs de la mer , 1917
- L'Hirondelle et la mésange , 1920
- Quatre-vingt-treize , 1920
- Mademoiselle de La Seiglière , 1920
- La Terre , 1921
- L'Arlésienne , 1922
Publications
- Mes souvenirs sur le Théâtre-Libre , 1928
- Mes souvenirs sur le Théâtre Antoine , 1928
Secondary literature
- Patricia Bohrn: André Antoine and his Théâtre Libre , 2000.
- Horst Schumacher: Antoine, André . In: Manfred Brauneck, Wolfgang Beck (ed.): Theater Lexikon 2. Actors and directors, stage managers, dramaturges and stage designers . Rowohlt's encyclopedia published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. Reinbek near Hamburg, August 2007, ISBN 978 3 499 55650 0 , p. 20 f.
Web links
- André Antoine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Picture and biography (french)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antoine, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limoges |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1943 |
| Place of death | Le Pouliguen, Loire-Atlantique department |