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Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection, C0019, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Gift of Suzanne Donnelly Jenkins and Paul Jenkins, 2007.
Processed in 2008 by Sean Tennant. EAD markup completed in 2008 by Sean Tennant.
Barrault, born in France in 1910, was an esteemed and innovative fixture in French theatre and film for five decades from the 1930s to 1980s. He trained as a mime and an actor, and later directed both screen and stage productions. With Madeleine Renaud, his wife, he founded a theatrical company in Paris in 1947, after acting and directing with the Comedie Francaise. Barrault later directed the Theatre d'Orsay and the Theatre des Nations.
The collection contains photographs documenting Barrault and Renaud's career in the theatre in France between 1947 and 1979. Most images are production stills of performances at the Theatre d'Orsay, Theatre de France Odeon, and other venues, but the collection also includes images of Barrault and his contemporaries off-stage. Madeleine Renaud is, after himself, the most frequently photographed. Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and Jean Genet are among the notable theatrical figures documented.
The collection is arranged in two series:
Series 1: Production Photographs, 1947-1979 (Boxes 1-2) Series 2: Non-Production Photographs, 1947-1976 (Box 2)Special Collections Research Center holds several other notable collections on Theatre and the Performing Arts.
Series 1 contains photographs from the collection dealing with specific theatrical productions and events. The photographs are organized alphabetically by production title and chronologically within each folder.
3 photographs
13 photographs
9 photographs
4 photographs
3 photographs
8 photographs
16 photographs
2 photographs
2 photographs
6 photographs
1 photograph
3 photographs
3 photographs
6 photographs
9 photographs
5 photographs
1 photograph
2 photographs
16 photographs
13 photographs
4 photographs
3 photographs
1 photograph
1 photograph
5 photographs
6 photographs
3 photographs
4 photographs
4 photographs
7 photographs
2 photographs
1 photograph
1 photograph
4 photographs
1 photograph
1 photograph
11 photographs
7 photographs
14 photographs
12 photographs
1 photograph
6 photographs
1 photograph
1 photograph
6 photographs
3 photographs
11 photographs
2 photographs
12 photographs
9 photographs
7 photographs
4 photographs
10 photographs
7 photographs
10 photographs
5 photographs
7 photographs
16 photographs
2 photographs
1 photograph
5 photographs
7 photographs
4 photographs
1 photograph
4 photographs
2 photographs
1 photograph
1 photograph
4 photographs
1 photograph
2 photographs
2 photographs
6 photographs
Series 2 contains the nonproduction photographs, such as publicity photographs, images of rehearsals, and pictures of playbills and signs. The photographs are arranged chronologically within each folder.
5 photographs. This folder contains images of Barrault and other actors in rehearsal for various productions.
12 photographs. This folder contains photographs of signage and playbills for the productions of Barrault's company at various theaters.
15 photographs. This folder contains publicity photographs for various actors associated with Barrault and his productions, such as Barrault, Madeleine Renaud, and Marcel Marceau. Additionally, the folder contains images of a lecture given by Barrault about his production of Numance.