Roger Planchon

Roger Planchon (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe plɑ̃ʃɔ̃]; born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker.

Biography

Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspiration from his rural origins and this issue was a recurring theme in his writings.

He started on stage in 1949 after winning an amateur theater. In 1952, he founded the Théâtre de la Comédie, located in the rue des Marronniers, in Lyon. He was the director of the Théâtre de la Cité of Villeurbanne since 1957 (which became the Théâtre National Populaire in 1972).

Roger Planchon transposed many works by Brecht, Molière, Shakespeare, and many works of contemporary authors, including Arthur Adamov and Michel Vinaver, but also opened the Théâtre National Populaire to Patrice Chéreau, then Georges Lavaudant.

As films, he directed George Dandin ou le Mari confondu by Molière, Louis, enfant roi, which was entered at Cannes, and another one by Lautrec.

End of life

In 2002, Christian Schiaretti succeeded him as director of the TNP; he created his own company with which he continued to write and direct until his death.

He died on 12 May 2009 after a heart attack, he is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (22nd division).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	A Man Escaped	Le garde cycliste
1973	George Who?	Victor Borie / Michel de Bourges, l'avocat
1974	The Others	Alexis Artaxerxès
1978	Roads to the South	L'avocat parisien
1978	Dossier 51	Esculape 1
1978	Molière	Colbert
1979	I as in Icarus	Le professeur David Naggara
1982	The Return of Martin Guerre	Jean de Coras
1982	Légitime violence	Philippe Miller
1982	The Big Brother	Inspecteur Valin
1983	Danton	Fouquier-Tinville
1984	A Strange Passion	L'évêque
1984	La 7ème cible	Le commissaire Paillard
1988	Dandin	Le tragédien
1988	Camille Claudel	Morhardt
1989	Radio Corbeau	Faber - le maire de Saint-Meyrand
1990	Jean Galmot, aventurier	Castellane
1991	L'année de l'éveil	Le Capitaine / The captain
1993	Louis, the Child King	Le vieux domestique
1993	Pétain	Narrator	Voice
1998	Lautrec	Le vieil acteur

External links

• Roger Planchon - Daily Telegraph obituary