Roger Blin
Acting
Born March 22, 1907 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his productio…
Known For · 40 titles
The Adolescent
Pour le plaisir
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Orpheus
Paris Blues
The Devil's Envoys
Le Corbeau
That Most Important Thing: Love
Stars at Noon
The King and the Mockingbird
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Piédalu fait des miracles
The Last Judgment
The Knight of the Night
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Le Colisée
Douce
Passionnelle
Volpone
Quatrevingt-treize
The Hospital of Leningrad
Adventures of Captain Fabian
The Time of the Cherries
The World Will Shake
The Star Ship
Beating Heart
Captain Fracasse
L'âge d'or
Five and the Skin
The Ideal Couple
One Must Live Dangerously
L'illusion comique
Mesure pour Mesure
Alibi
Vagabonds imaginaires
Les Trois Sœurs
Calligraphie Japonaise
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Aloïse