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Guide to the Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection, 1947-1979 Jean-Louis Barrault photograph C0019

Guide to the Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection, 1947-1979

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Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number C0019


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Repository
George Mason University. Special Collections Research Center
Collection number
C0019
Title
Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection 1947-1979
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/barrault.html
Physical Characteristics
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Creator
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-
Language
French
Abstract
Contains nearly 400 black and white photographs documenting Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud's career in the theatre in France between 1947 and 1979.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Jean-Louis Barrault Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection, C0019, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Suzanne Donnelly Jenkins and Paul Jenkins, 2007.

Processing Information

Processed in 2008 by Sean Tennant. EAD markup completed in 2008 by Sean Tennant.

Biographical Information

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

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)

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center holds several other notable collections on Theatre and the Performing Arts.

Index Terms

    Persons:

  • Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994--Photographs.
  • Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994--Photographs.

    • Corporate Names:

  • Agence de Presse Bernand.

    • Subjects:

  • Theater and society--France--Photographs.

    • Document Types:

  • Photographic prints.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994--Photographs.
  • Jenkins, Paul, 1923-
  • Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994--Photographs.
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Contents List

Series 1: Production Photographs,
1947-1979
(2 boxes)

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.

  • Box 1 Folder 1
    65eme Anniversaire,
    September 8, 1975

    3 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 2
    Ainsi Parlait Zarathustra,
    November 1974

    13 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 3
    Amphitryon,
    1947-October 1961

    9 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 4
    Andromaque,
    November 1962

    4 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 5
    Bacchus,
    1951

    3 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 6
    Baptiste,
    1946-December 1959

    8 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 7
    Christophe Colomb,
    October 1953-September 1975

    16 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 8
    Conference Spectacles Claudel Dramaurgie,
    January 16, 1968

    2 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 9
    Des Journees Entieres dans les Arbres,
    November 1965

    2 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 10
    Delicate Balance,
    November 1967

    6 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 11
    Elisabeth d'Angleterre,
    1949

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 12
    Gala Georges le Roy,
    1949

    3 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 13
    Gala Jacques Copeau,
    1949

    3 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 14
    Hamlet,
    1946

    6 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 15
    Harold et Maude,
    November 1973-October 1974

    9 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 16
    Il Faut Passar Par Les Nuages,
    October 1964

    5 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Inauguration de la Place Paul Claudel,
    April 1966

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 18
    Inauguration de nouveau plafond peintr par Andre Masson,
    November 1965

    2 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 19
    Inauguration du theatre d'Orsay,
    March 1974

    16 photographs

  • Box 1 FoldeR 20
    Jarry sur la Butte,
    October 1970

    13 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 21
    Jules Cesar,
    October 1960

    4 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 22
    La Cerisaie,
    December 1954

    3 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 23
    La Lacune,
    February 1966

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 24
    La Mere,
    November 1970

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 25
    La Nuit a sa Clarte,
    October 1962

    5 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 26
    La Petite Moliere,
    November 1959

    6 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 27
    La Revelation,
    March 1962

    3 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 28
    La Seconde Suprise de L'Amour,
    1949

    4 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 29
    La Tentation de Saint Antoine,
    March 1967

    4 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 30
    La Vie Parisienne,
    November 1958

    7 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 31
    L'Amante Anglaise,
    February 1971-September 1976

    2 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 32
    Lazare,
    1951

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 33
    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,
    December 1972

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 34
    Le Chien du Jardinier,
    1955

    4 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 35
    Le Dragon,
    June 1964

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 36
    Le Misanthrope,
    December 1954

    1 photograph

  • Box 1 Folder 37
    Le Partage de Midi,
    February 1949-September 1961

    11 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 38
    Le Personnage Combattant,
    January 1956-September 1971

    7 photographs

  • Box 1 Folder 39
    Le Piton de l'Air,
    January 1963

    14 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 1
    Le Proces,
    January 1948-October 1961

    12 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 2
    Le Songe Des Prisonniers,
    1954

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 3
    Le Soulier de Satin,
    December 1958

    6 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 4
    Le Viol de Lucrece,
    January 1961

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 5
    Le Voyage,
    February 1961

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 6
    L'change,
    December 1951

    6 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 7
    Les Fausses Confidences,
    1946-December 1959

    3 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 8
    Les Fourberies de Scapin,
    February 1949-January 1963

    11 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Les Nuits Des Paris,
    December 1975

    2 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 10
    Les Paravents,
    April 1966

    12 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 11
    Les Suites d'une Course,
    1955

    9 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 12
    L'etat de Siege,
    November 1948

    7 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 13
    L'exposition de Paul Claudel,
    October 1963

    4 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 14
    L'Orestie d'Eschyle,
    June 1954-January 1962

    10 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 15
    Malatesta,
    1950

    7 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 16
    Malborough s'en va t el Guerre,
    1949

    10 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 17
    Numance,
    November 1965

    5 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 18
    Occupe Toi D'Amelie,
    November 1960

    7 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 19
    Oh Les Beaux Jours,
    October 1963-February 1970

    16 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 20
    Ou Boivent le Vaches,
    November 1972

    2 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 21
    Pour Lucrece,
    March 1954

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 22
    Premier Anniversaire de l'Ouverture de Theatre d'Orsay,
    April 1975

    5 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 23
    Rabelais,
    December 1968

    7 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 24
    Rhinoceros,
    January 1960

    4 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 25
    Tete d'Or,
    October 1959

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 26
    Theatre Kabuki de Tokyo,
    October 1965

    4 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 27
    Un Gala Moliere,
    December 1964

    2 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 28
    Un Otage,
    February 1962

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 29
    Un reception en l'honneur de Moiesseiv,
    October 1955

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 30
    Va et Vient,
    February 1966

    4 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 31
    Volpone,
    1954

    1 photograph

  • Box 2 Folder 32
    Wings,
    October 1979

    2 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 33
    Wozzeck,
    November 1963

    2 photographs

  • Box 2 Folder 34
    Zadig,
    October 1978

    6 photographs

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Series 2: Nonproduction Photographs,
1947-1976
(1 box)

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.

  • Box 2 Folder 35
    Rehearsal Photographs,
    1947

    5 photographs. This folder contains images of Barrault and other actors in rehearsal for various productions.

  • Box 2 Folder 36
    Playbills and Signs,
    1958-November 1974

    12 photographs. This folder contains photographs of signage and playbills for the productions of Barrault's company at various theaters.

  • Box 2 Folder 37
    Publicity Photographs,
    January 1948-October 25, 1976

    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.

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