Gaston Baty

Gaston Baty
Born26 May 1885 (1885-05-26)
Died13 October 1952 (1952-10-14) (aged 67)
Occupation(s)Playwright and theatre director

Gaston Baty (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ bati]; 26 May 1885 – 13 October 1952), whose full name was Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Gaston Baty, was a French playwright and theatre director. He was born in Pélussin, Loire, France.

Career

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In 1921, Baty formed his own company Les Compagnons de la Chimère [The Companions of the Chimera],[1]:157 which mounted productions in a variety of Parisian theatres in the 1920s and 30s.[2]:2 He was also a member of Le Cartel des Quatre [The Cartel of Four], a group of four directors in Paris who offered an alternative to both "academic and commercial theatre".[3]:178 His stage adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary was presented in an English translation on Broadway in 1937. Constance Cummings played the title role.[4] Baty is also the author of a play entitled Dulcinea, which has been filmed twice and produced on television in 1989. It is an original play that takes its inspiration from Miguel de Cervantes's great novel Don Quixote and uses some of its characters. The second film version, made in 1963, starred Millie Perkins as Dulcinea, and was released in the U.S. as The Girl from La Mancha. He wrote Vie de l'art théatral, des origines a nos jours in 1932 with René Chavance.

Theater director

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  • 1919: La Grande Pastorale by Charles Hellem and Pol d'Estoc, Cirque d'hiver

1920–1929

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1930–1939

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1940–1949

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1950–1959

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References

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  1. ^ Jannarone, Kimberly (2012-06-26). Artaud and His Doubles. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-03515-1.
  2. ^ Frick, John W.; Vallillo, Stephen M. (1994). Theatrical Directors: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27478-7.
  3. ^ Barba, Eugenio (2019). The five continents of theatre : facts and legends about the material culture of the actor. Nicola Savarese, Thomas Simpson, Judy Barba, Julia Campbell Hamilton, Tatiana Chemi. Leiden. ISBN 978-90-04-39292-2. OCLC 1086326290.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Gaston Baty – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
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