Roger Blin
Acting
Born 1907-03-22
Died 1984-01-20
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.
Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.
He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.'
During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army.
His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard.
The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel.
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The Adolescent
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Orpheus
Paris Blues
Pour le plaisir
The King and the Mockingbird
The Devil's Envoys
That Most Important Thing: Love
Douce
Le Corbeau
Vagabonds imaginaires
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Volpone
Quatrevingt-treize
Passionnelle
Stars at Noon
Alibi
Calligraphie Japonaise
Too Small My Friend
The Knight of the Night
Five and the Skin
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Beating Heart
The World Will Shake
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Little Claus and Big Claus
Aloïse
Le Colisée
The Ideal Couple
A Taste for Women
The Curtain Rises
Under Western Eyes
The Hospital of Leningrad
The Trump Card
First in Line
Captain Fracasse
The Star Ship
Life Is Ours
L'illusion comique
The Sunday of Life
Marie Soleil
One Must Live Dangerously
The Time of the Cherries
Wicked City
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Unusual Tales
The Convict
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Colonel Chabert
Pasha's Wives
Law of Survival
The Bohemian Life
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Piédalu fait des miracles
Adventures of Captain Fabian
The Last Judgment
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
L'âge d'or
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