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Louis Jouvet, Man of the Theatre

by Bettina Liebowitz Knapp

Pages: 345

Contributors: Bettina Liebowitz Knapp

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1957

Subjects: Jouvet, Louis

Table of Contents

Title Page

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

1: The Forming of an Artist

The Youth and the Apprentice 1887-1912

Jouvet and the Vieux-Colombier 1913-1922

2: The Comédie Des Champs-Elysées

Becoming a Master 1922-1924

Trials and Tribulations 1924-1928

Jouvet and Giraudoux 1928-1934

3: The Athénée Theatre

The Great Period 1934-1939

The War Years 1939-1945

Reconquering the Parisian Public 1945-1947

Jouvet and Molière 1947-1951

Conclusion

Career of Louis Jouvet

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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