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

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

Jean-Louis Barrault photograph


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Sean Tennant

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0019
Title
Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection 1947-1979
Quantity
1 Linear Feet, 2 boxes
Creator
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
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

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

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 Comédie Française. Barrault later directed the Théâtre d'Orsay and the Théâtre 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 Théâtre d'Orsay, Théâtre de France Odéon, 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 Series 1: Production Photographs, 1947-1979 (Boxes 1-2) Series 2: Non-Production Photographs, 1947-1976 (Box 2)

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds records on the Arena Stage and the Federal Theatre Project as well as many personal collections of theater papers and photographs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Agence de Presse Bernand
  • Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
  • France
  • Odéon (Theater : Paris, France)
  • Performing arts
  • Photographic prints
  • Photographs
  • Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994
  • Theater
  • Theater -- Europe
  • Theater -- France
  • Theater and society

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
  • Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
  • Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • France
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Container List

Series 1: Production Photographs
1947-1979
(2 boxes)
Scope and Contents note

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.

  • folder box: 1 folder: 1
    65eme Anniversaire
    September 8, 1975
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 2
    Ainsi Parlait Zarathustra
    November 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    13 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 3
    Amphitryon
    1947-October 1961
    Scope and Contents note

    9 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 4
    Andromaque
    November 1962
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 5
    Bacchus
    1951
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 6
    Baptiste
    1946-December 1959
    Scope and Contents note

    8 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 7
    Christophe Colomb
    October 1953-September 1975
    Scope and Contents note

    16 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 8
    Conférence Spectacles Claudel Dramaurgie
    January 16, 1968
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 9
    Des Journées Entières dans les arbres
    November 1965
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 10
    Delicate Balance
    November 1967
    Scope and Contents note

    6 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 11
    Elisabeth d'Angleterre
    1949
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 12
    Gala Georges le Roy
    1949
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 13
    Gala Jacques Copeau
    1949
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 14
    Hamlet
    1946
    Scope and Contents note

    6 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 15
    Harold et Maude
    November 1973-October 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    9 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 16
    Il Faut Passar Par Les Nuages
    October 1964
    Scope and Contents note

    5 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 17
    Inauguration de la Place Paul Claudel
    April 1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 18
    Inauguration de nouveau plafond peintr par André Masson
    November 1965
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 19
    Inauguration du théâtre d'Orsay
    March 1974
    Scope and Contents note

    16 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 20
    Jarry sur la Butte
    October 1970
    Scope and Contents note

    13 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 21
    Jules César
    October 1960
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 22
    La Cerisaie
    December 1954
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 23
    La Lacune
    February 1966
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 24
    La Mère
    November 1970
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 25
    La Nuit a sa Clarté
    October 1962
    Scope and Contents note

    5 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 26
    Le Petit Molière
    November 1959
    Scope and Contents note

    6 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 27
    La Révélation
    March 1962
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 28
    La Seconde Suprise de L'Amour
    1949
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 29
    La Tentation de Saint Antoine
    March 1967
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 30
    La Vie Parisienne
    November 1958
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 31
    L'Amante Anglaise
    February 1971-September 1976
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 32
    Lazare
    1951
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 33
    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
    December 1972
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 34
    Le Chien du Jardinier
    1955
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 35
    Le Dragon
    June 1964
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 36
    Le Misanthrope
    December 1954
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 1 folder: 37
    Le Partage de Midi
    February 1949-September 1961
    Scope and Contents note

    11 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 38
    Le Personnage Combattant
    January 1956-September 1971
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs

  • folder box: 1 folder: 39
    Le Pi+0233ton de l'Air
    January 1963
    Scope and Contents note

    14 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 1
    Le Procès
    January 1948-October 1961
    Scope and Contents note

    12 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 2
    Le Songe Des Prisonniers
    1954
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 3
    Le Soulier de Satin
    December 1958
    Scope and Contents note

    6 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 4
    Le Viol de Lucrèce
    January 1961
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 5
    Le Voyage
    February 1961
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 6
    L'échange
    December 1951
    Scope and Contents note

    6 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 7
    Les Fausses Confidences
    1946-December 1959
    Scope and Contents note

    3 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 8
    Les Fourberies de Scapin
    February 1949-January 1963
    Scope and Contents note

    11 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 9
    Les Nuits Des Paris
    December 1975
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 10
    Les Paravents
    April 1966
    Scope and Contents note

    12 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 11
    Les Suites d'une Course
    1955
    Scope and Contents note

    9 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 12
    L'état de siège
    November 1948
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 13
    L'exposition de Paul Claudel
    October 1963
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 14
    L'Orestie d'Eschyle
    June 1954-January 1962
    Scope and Contents note

    10 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 15
    Malatesta
    1950
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 16
    Malborough s'en va t el Guerre
    1949
    Scope and Contents note

    10 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 17
    Numance
    November 1965
    Scope and Contents note

    5 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 18
    Cccupé Toi D'Amélie
    November 1960
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 19
    Oh Les Beaux Jours
    October 1963-February 1970
    Scope and Contents note

    16 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 20
    Où Boivent les Vaches
    November 1972
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 21
    Pour Lucrèce
    March 1954
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 22
    Premier anniversaire de l'ouverture du Théâtre d'Orsay
    April 1975
    Scope and Contents note

    5 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 23
    Rabelais
    December 1968
    Scope and Contents note

    7 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 24
    Rhinoceros
    January 1960
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 25
    Tête d'Or
    October 1959
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 26
    Théâtre Kabuki de Tokyo
    October 1965
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 27
    Un Gala Molière
    December 1964
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 28
    Un Otage
    February 1962
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 29
    Un réception en l'honneur de Moiesseiv
    October 1955
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 30
    Va et Vient
    February 1966
    Scope and Contents note

    4 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 31
    Volpone
    1954
    Scope and Contents note

    1 photograph

  • folder box: 2 folder: 32
    Wings
    October 1979
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 33
    Wozzeck
    November 1963
    Scope and Contents note

    2 photographs

  • folder box: 2 folder: 34
    Zadig
    October 1978
    Scope and Contents note

    6 photographs

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Series 2: Nonproduction Photographs
1947-1976
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

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.

  • folder box: 2 folder: 35
    Rehearsal Photographs
    1947
    Scope and Contents note

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

  • folder box: 2 folder: 36
    Playbills and Signs
    1958-November 1974
    Scope and Contents note

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

  • folder box: 2 folder: 37
    Publicity Photographs
    January 1948-October 25, 1976
    Scope and Contents note

    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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