Georges Pitoëff
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Georges Pitoëff (Russian: Георгий Питоев; 4 September 1884 – 17 September 1939) was a Russian émigré with an Armenian background who became one of the leading actors and directors in France.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Pitoëff was born on 4 September 1884 in Tiflis, Russia (now Tbilisi, Georgia) to Russian-born parents of Armenian origins, he was the son of the director of the Tiflis Theatre. After studying and graduating in law at Paris University, he switched his focus to a career in the theatre.
Career
[edit | edit source]In Russia, Pitoëff trained with Konstantin Stanislavski.[1]:45 In France he became a theatre director and producer, noted for his popularization of the works of contemporary playwrights, especially George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Schnitzler, Henrik Ibsen, and Eugene O'Neill. He was a founding member of the Cartel des Quatre (Group of Four), a group including Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Gaston Baty, dedicated to rejuvenating the French theatre.[2]
Death
[edit | edit source]Pitoëff died on 17 September 1939 in Bellevue, near Geneva, Switzerland.
Family
[edit | edit source]One of his sons, Alexandre, known as Sacha Pitoëff, was himself a noted French theatre director and actor.
References
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Jomarron, Jacqueline. Thèâtre Des Années Vingt: Georges Pitoëff metteur en scène. Lausanne, Switzerland: L'age D'homme publishers, 1979
- Pitoëff, Aniouta. Ludmilla, Ma Mère: The Life of Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëff. Paris, France: Juillard publishers, 1955.
External links
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- 1884 births
- 1939 deaths
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- French male stage actors
- French male film actors
- French male silent film actors
- French theatre directors
- Russian Christians
- White Russian emigrants to France
- 20th-century French male actors
- Imperial Moscow University alumni
- French stage actor stubs
- French film actor, 1880s birth stubs