George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
C0019
/repositories/2/resources/187
1 Linear Feet
2 boxes
1947-1979
Contains nearly 400 black and white photographs documenting Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud's career in the theatre in France between 1947 and 1979.
French
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Use Restrictions
The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)
Preferred Citation
Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection, C0019, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Suzanne Donnelly Jenkins and Paul Jenkins, 2007.
Processing Information
Processed in 2008 by Sean Tennant. EAD markup completed in 2008 by Sean Tennant.
Biographical Information
Barrault, born in France in 1910, was an esteemed and innovative fixture in French theatre and film for five decades from the 1930s to 1980s. He trained as a mime and an actor, and later directed both screen and stage productions. With Madeleine Renaud, his wife, he founded a theatrical company in Paris in 1947, after acting and directing with the Comédie Française. Barrault later directed the Théâtre d'Orsay and the Théâtre des Nations.
Scope and Content
The collection contains photographs documenting Barrault and Renaud's career in the theatre in France between 1947 and 1979. Most images are production stills of performances at the Théâtre d'Orsay, Théâtre de France Odéon, and other venues, but the collection also includes images of Barrault and his contemporaries off-stage. Madeleine Renaud is, after himself, the most frequently photographed. Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, and Jean Genet are among the notable theatrical figures documented.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series:
Series
- Series 1: Production Photographs, 1947-1979 (Boxes 1-2)
- Series 2: Non-Production Photographs, 1947-1976 (Box 2)
Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center also holds records on the Arena Stage and the Federal Theatre Project as well as many personal collections of theater papers and photographs.
Photographic prints
Theater and society
Theater
Theater -- Europe
France
Theater -- France
Performing arts
Photographs
Agence de Presse Bernand
Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Odéon (Theater : Paris, France)
Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994
Series 1: Production Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/612851947-1979(2 boxes)Scope and Contents noteSeries 1 contains photographs from the collection dealing with specific theatrical productions and events. The photographs are organized alphabetically by production title and chronologically within each folder.
65eme Anniversaire/repositories/2/archival_objects/61286September 8, 197511Scope and Contents note3 photographs
Ainsi Parlait Zarathustra/repositories/2/archival_objects/61287November 197412Scope and Contents note13 photographs
Amphitryon/repositories/2/archival_objects/612881947-October 196113Scope and Contents note9 photographs
Andromaque/repositories/2/archival_objects/61289November 196214Scope and Contents note4 photographs
Bacchus/repositories/2/archival_objects/61290195115Scope and Contents note3 photographs
Baptiste/repositories/2/archival_objects/612911946-December 195916Scope and Contents note8 photographs
Christophe Colomb/repositories/2/archival_objects/61292October 1953-September 197517Scope and Contents note16 photographs
Conférence Spectacles Claudel Dramaurgie/repositories/2/archival_objects/61293January 16, 196818Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Des Journées Entières dans les arbres/repositories/2/archival_objects/61294November 196519Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Delicate Balance/repositories/2/archival_objects/61295November 1967110Scope and Contents note6 photographs
Elisabeth d'Angleterre/repositories/2/archival_objects/612961949111Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Gala Georges le Roy/repositories/2/archival_objects/612971949112Scope and Contents note3 photographs
Gala Jacques Copeau/repositories/2/archival_objects/612981949113Scope and Contents note3 photographs
Hamlet/repositories/2/archival_objects/612991946114Scope and Contents note6 photographs
Harold et Maude/repositories/2/archival_objects/61300November 1973-October 1974115Scope and Contents note9 photographs
Il Faut Passar Par Les Nuages/repositories/2/archival_objects/61301October 1964116Scope and Contents note5 photographs
Inauguration de la Place Paul Claudel/repositories/2/archival_objects/61302April 1966117Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Inauguration de nouveau plafond peintr par André Masson/repositories/2/archival_objects/61303November 1965118Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Inauguration du théâtre d'Orsay/repositories/2/archival_objects/61304March 1974119Scope and Contents note16 photographs
Jarry sur la Butte/repositories/2/archival_objects/61305October 1970120Scope and Contents note13 photographs
Jules César/repositories/2/archival_objects/61306October 1960121Scope and Contents note4 photographs
La Cerisaie/repositories/2/archival_objects/61307December 1954122Scope and Contents note3 photographs
La Lacune/repositories/2/archival_objects/61308February 1966123Scope and Contents note1 photograph
La Mère/repositories/2/archival_objects/61309November 1970124Scope and Contents note1 photograph
La Nuit a sa Clarté/repositories/2/archival_objects/61310October 1962125Scope and Contents note5 photographs
Le Petit Molière/repositories/2/archival_objects/61311November 1959126Scope and Contents note6 photographs
La Révélation/repositories/2/archival_objects/61312March 1962127Scope and Contents note3 photographs
La Seconde Suprise de L'Amour/repositories/2/archival_objects/613131949128Scope and Contents note4 photographs
La Tentation de Saint Antoine/repositories/2/archival_objects/61314March 1967129Scope and Contents note4 photographs
La Vie Parisienne/repositories/2/archival_objects/61315November 1958130Scope and Contents note7 photographs
L'Amante Anglaise/repositories/2/archival_objects/61316February 1971-September 1976131Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Lazare/repositories/2/archival_objects/613171951132Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme/repositories/2/archival_objects/61318December 1972133Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Le Chien du Jardinier/repositories/2/archival_objects/613191955134Scope and Contents note4 photographs
Le Dragon/repositories/2/archival_objects/61320June 1964135Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Le Misanthrope/repositories/2/archival_objects/61321December 1954136Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Le Partage de Midi/repositories/2/archival_objects/61322February 1949-September 1961137Scope and Contents note11 photographs
Le Personnage Combattant/repositories/2/archival_objects/61323January 1956-September 1971138Scope and Contents note7 photographs
Le Pi+0233ton de l'Air/repositories/2/archival_objects/61324January 1963139Scope and Contents note14 photographs
Le Procès/repositories/2/archival_objects/61325January 1948-October 196121Scope and Contents note12 photographs
Le Songe Des Prisonniers/repositories/2/archival_objects/61326195422Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Le Soulier de Satin/repositories/2/archival_objects/61327December 195823Scope and Contents note6 photographs
Le Viol de Lucrèce/repositories/2/archival_objects/61328January 196124Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Le Voyage/repositories/2/archival_objects/61329February 196125Scope and Contents note1 photograph
L'échange/repositories/2/archival_objects/61330December 195126Scope and Contents note6 photographs
Les Fausses Confidences/repositories/2/archival_objects/613311946-December 195927Scope and Contents note3 photographs
Les Fourberies de Scapin/repositories/2/archival_objects/61332February 1949-January 196328Scope and Contents note11 photographs
Les Nuits Des Paris/repositories/2/archival_objects/61333December 197529Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Les Paravents/repositories/2/archival_objects/61334April 1966210Scope and Contents note12 photographs
Les Suites d'une Course/repositories/2/archival_objects/613351955211Scope and Contents note9 photographs
L'état de siège/repositories/2/archival_objects/61336November 1948212Scope and Contents note7 photographs
L'exposition de Paul Claudel/repositories/2/archival_objects/61337October 1963213Scope and Contents note4 photographs
L'Orestie d'Eschyle/repositories/2/archival_objects/61338June 1954-January 1962214Scope and Contents note10 photographs
Malatesta/repositories/2/archival_objects/613391950215Scope and Contents note7 photographs
Malborough s'en va t el Guerre/repositories/2/archival_objects/613401949216Scope and Contents note10 photographs
Numance/repositories/2/archival_objects/61341November 1965217Scope and Contents note5 photographs
Cccupé Toi D'Amélie/repositories/2/archival_objects/61342November 1960218Scope and Contents note7 photographs
Oh Les Beaux Jours/repositories/2/archival_objects/61343October 1963-February 1970219Scope and Contents note16 photographs
Où Boivent les Vaches /repositories/2/archival_objects/61344November 1972220Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Pour Lucrèce/repositories/2/archival_objects/61345March 1954221Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Premier anniversaire de l'ouverture du Théâtre d'Orsay/repositories/2/archival_objects/61346April 1975222Scope and Contents note5 photographs
Rabelais/repositories/2/archival_objects/61347December 1968223Scope and Contents note7 photographs
Rhinoceros/repositories/2/archival_objects/61348January 1960224Scope and Contents note4 photographs
Tête d'Or/repositories/2/archival_objects/61349October 1959225Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Théâtre Kabuki de Tokyo/repositories/2/archival_objects/61350October 1965226Scope and Contents note4 photographs
Un Gala Molière/repositories/2/archival_objects/61351December 1964227Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Un Otage/repositories/2/archival_objects/61352February 1962228Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Un réception en l'honneur de Moiesseiv/repositories/2/archival_objects/61353October 1955229Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Va et Vient/repositories/2/archival_objects/61354February 1966230Scope and Contents note4 photographs
Volpone/repositories/2/archival_objects/613551954231Scope and Contents note1 photograph
Wings/repositories/2/archival_objects/61356October 1979232Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Wozzeck/repositories/2/archival_objects/61357November 1963233Scope and Contents note2 photographs
Zadig/repositories/2/archival_objects/61358October 1978234Scope and Contents note6 photographs
Series 2: Nonproduction Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/613591947-1976(1 box)Scope and Contents noteSeries 2 contains the nonproduction photographs, such as publicity photographs, images of rehearsals, and pictures of playbills and signs. The photographs are arranged chronologically within each folder.
Rehearsal Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/613601947235Scope and Contents note5 photographs. This folder contains images of Barrault and other actors in rehearsal for various productions.
Playbills and Signs/repositories/2/archival_objects/613611958-November 1974236Scope and Contents note12 photographs. This folder contains photographs of signage and playbills for the productions of Barrault's company at various theaters.
Publicity Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/61362January 1948-October 25, 1976237Scope and Contents note15 photographs. This folder contains publicity photographs for various actors associated with Barrault and his productions, such as Barrault, Madeleine Renaud, and Marcel Marceau. Additionally, the folder contains images of a lecture given by Barrault about his production of Numance.