Jacques Copeau
French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist (1879-1949) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 70
Jacques Copeau was a French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Before he founded the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theatre reviews for several Parisian journals, worked at the Georges Petit Gallery where he organized exhibits of artists' works and helped found the Nouvelle Revue...
Jacques Copeau is read about 46 times a day, in 26 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
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ConflitFilm, Juge Brissac
Golden VenusFilm, 1938Harfstrong1937
Courier of LyonsFilm, The prosecutor - Judge Daubenton
Woman of MalaccaFilm, 1937Lord Brandmore1936
Under Western EyesFilm, Mikulin1935Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1926
Camille: The Fate of a CoquetteFilm, Radavanni1924Prix Paul HervieuAward1879Born4 February 1879People around Jacques
Close ties
Jean Dasté Studied under Jacques
André Antoine Taught Jacques, influenced Jacques
Étienne Decroux Studied under Jacques
Shishi Bunroku Studied under Jacques
Marc Allégret Directed Woman of Malacca and Under Western Eyes- Édouard Bourdet Preceded Jacques as Administrator of the Comédie-Française
Claude Autant-Lara Directed The Courier of Lyon (1937)
Maurice Lehmann Produced The Courier of Lyon (1937)
Ralph Barton Produced Camille (1926)
W. Somerset Maugham Also in Camille (1926)
Theodore Dreiser Also in Camille (1926)
Sacha Guitry Also in Camille (1926)
Paul Robeson Also in Camille (1926)
Ferenc Molnár Also in Camille (1926)
Pierre Blanchar Also in The Courier of Lyon and Courier of Lyons
Carmel Myers Also in Camille (1926)
Patsy Ruth Miller Also in Camille (1926)
Louis Florencie Also in The Courier of Lyon and Courier of Lyons
Charles Méré Directed Golden Venus (1937)
Jean Périer Also in The Courier of Lyon and Courier of Lyons
Orazio Costa Influenced by Jacques
Palmyre Levasseur Also in The Courier of Lyon and Courier of Lyons
Alexandre Mihalesco Also in Woman of Malacca and Golden Venus
Gilberte Géniat Also in The Courier of Lyon and Courier of Lyons
Filmography 6
Media & music
![Set design by Louis Jouvet for Copeau's production of Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement [fr]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Copeau_La_Carosse.jpg/1280px-Copeau_La_Carosse.jpg)
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About this person
Before he founded the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theatre reviews for several Parisian journals, worked at the Georges Petit Gallery where he organized exhibits of artists' works and helped found the Nouvelle Revue Française in 1909, along with writer friends, such as André Gide and Jean Schlumberger.
