Collection RC0256 - Jacques Copeau and André Obey collection

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Jacques Copeau and André Obey collection

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    RC0256

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    • 1924-1946 (Creation)

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    12.5 cm of textual records

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    Name of creator

    (1892-1975)

    Biographical history

    André Obey was a French dramatist, born 8 May 1892 in Douai. Between 1931 and 1933 he wrote four plays for the Théâtre de Vieux-Colombier, winning the Brieux prize for La bataille de la Marne in 1931. He died on 14 April 1975.

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    (1879-1949)

    Biographical history

    Jacques Copeau was a French theatrical manager and director. He was a co-founder of the Nouvelle Revue française in 1908. He founded and became manager of the Théâtre de Vieux-Colombier in 1913. In 1921 he established the École du Vieux-Colombier in Burgundy. By 1936 he was producer at the Comédie-Française and its president in 1940.

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    The collection consists of correspondence between Copeau and Obey.

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    Immediate source of acquisition

    The first accrual was acquired in 1975 from Mme. Marie-Hélène Dasté of Les Amis de Jacques Copeau. The second accrual was acquired in 1986 from Mme. André Obey and the Association André Obey.

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    Arranged by sender and then chronologically.

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        RC0256

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