Roger Blin
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.
Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.
He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.'
During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army.
His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard.
The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel.
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Fotos
Películas (73)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020 · Self (archive footage)
The Hospital of Leningrad
1983 · Nestor
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
Five and the Skin
1982 · Récitant (voice)
The King and the Mockingbird
1980 · L’aveugle (voice)
The Adolescent
1979 · Romain
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977 · Jeanne's father
Nevermore, Forever
1976 · Daniel
One Must Live Dangerously
1975 · Murdoc
Aloïse
1975 · Le professeur de chant
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975 · Servais' Father
The Shadow Line
1973 · Burns
Too Small My Friend
1971 · Boris
Mesure pour Mesure
1971 · Le Duc Vincentio
L'illusion comique
1970 · Alcandre
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
Law of Survival
1967 · Pao
The Sunday of Life
1967 · Jean Sans-Tête
The Devil's Tricks
1966 · Monsieur de Beaurepaire
Qui donc a rêvé?
1965
Little Claus and Big Claus
1964 · Le grand Claus
Marie Soleil
1964 · Karl / Boss
A Taste for Women
1964 · Larsen
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
1963 · Narrator (voice)
Quatrevingt-treize
1962 · Tellmarc’h
The Star Ship
1962 · Curtway
Paris Blues
1961 · Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
Les Trois Sœurs
1960 · Verchinine
Checkerboard
1959 · Slim, le guide
Stars at Noon
1959 · Self
Calligraphie Japonaise
1958 · Narrator
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · Mathias Hungadi
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955 · Wladimir
The Invitation to the Waltz
1954 · Guillaume l'égorgeur
The Knight of the Night
1953 · le valet
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953 · Blind Man (Voice)
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952 · Doctor Frankenstein
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
The Convict
1951 · Convict
Orpheus
1950 · The Poet
Vagabonds imaginaires
1950 · Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
Wicked City
1949 · Emilio
Unusual Tales
1949 · Guillaume
Passionnelle
1947 · Julien
The Ideal Couple
1946 · The sleepwalker
The Last Judgment
1945
The Bohemian Life
1945 · Man of the puppet
First in Line
1944 · Paul Moury
Colonel Chabert
1943 · Cleric
Douce
1943 · Man of the theater (uncredited)
Le Corbeau
1943 · François
Adieu Léonard
1943 · Bohemian leader
Captain Fracasse
1943 · Fagotin
The Devil's Envoys
1942 · The Monster Showman
The Trump Card
1942 · Aspirant
L'âge d'or
1942
Volpone
1941 · Un vénitien
Beating Heart
1940 · (credit only)
The World Will Shake
1939 · Le Condamné
Louise
1939 · (uncredited)
Pasha's Wives
1939 · Mair
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938
The Curtain Rises
1938 · Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
The Time of the Cherries
1938 · Dupuis son
Alibi
1937 · Kretz, Winckler's henchman
The Citadel of Silence
1937 · Officer (uncredited)
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · De Ries
Jenny
1936 · le malade solitaire
Life Is Ours
1936 · Un métallo
Under Western Eyes
1936 · Unnamed Character
Street Without a Name
1934 · Writer
Le Colisée
1933 · The Crowd
