Charles Dullin

French actor and director. Born in a small village in Savoie. At the age of 19, he moved to Paris and lived a wandering life, appearing in melodramas and other dramas. In 1911, he attracted attention when he was cast as Smerdyakov in Copeau's production of The Brothers Karamazov, and in 1913, he helped Copeau establish the Théâtre de Vieux Colombier. In 1921, he became independent and founded the Atelier School of Acting, and the following year, he renamed the Théâtre de Montmartre to the Théâtre de Atelier, and continued his theatrical activities. He was praised for his outstanding acting and direction in plays such as The Miser and Volpone, and together with Jouvet and Pitoyev, he created the heyday of new theater between the two world wars. He premiered Sartre's The Flies in occupied Paris. He mentored Barrault and Villard, and Artaud was also one of his students.

[Hideji Ishizawa]

"On the Work of an Actor" by Charles Durand, translated by Jun Watanabe (1955, Miraisha)

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フランスの俳優、演出家。サボアの小村に生まれる。19歳でパリに出て放浪生活を送り、メロドラマなどに出演。1911年コポー演出『カラマーゾフの兄弟』のスメルジャコフ役に起用されて注目を浴び、13年のビュー・コロンビエ座創立ではコポーに協力した。21年独立してアトリエ俳優学校を創設、翌年モンマルトル座をアトリエ座と改称して演劇活動を展開。『守銭奴』や『ボルポーヌ』に傑出した演技と演出で好評を博し、ジューベやピトエフとともに両大戦間の新演劇全盛時代をつくった。占領下のパリでサルトル作『蠅(はえ)』を初演。バローやビラールを育て、アルトーも彼の生徒であった。

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『シャルル・デュラン著、渡辺淳訳『俳優の仕事について』（1955・未来社）』

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