Philippe Adrien (19 December 1939 – 15 September 2021) was a French stage director, actor and playwright. He was associated with the La Tempete company in Paris.
Actor Adrien appeared in the 1959 war film, Green Harvest.
Playwright Adrien began to write plays in the late 1960s. In 1967, La Baye was staged by Antoine Bourseiller, featuring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Suzanne Flon.La Baye Spectacle BNF It was staged again in 1997 by Laurent Pelly. La Baye had elements of disorder which would be reflected in Adrien's later work.
Adrien's play, Le Défi de Molière (1979) was dedicated to Moliere.
Adrien has co-written two plays with Jean-Louis Bauer. The first, Bug! creates a dream-journey through memory, current scientific and artistic issues, to provide an overview of civilization. The second, La Grande Nouvelle, is a contemporary variation on Le Malade imaginaire, which plays on the ironies of the present-day desire for immortality.Philippe Adrien La Tempete website.
Director Adrien's directorial career began in the 1970s.Cramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie: une aventure théâtrale, pp. 51–54. Editions de l'Amandier . He conducted experimental workshops such as L'excès, a work adapted from Georges Bataille; L'oeil de la tête—effet Sade (which he revisited in 1989 with Enzo Cormann's text Sade, concert d'enfers); Le Pupille veut être tuteur by Peter Handke; and La Résistance.
Adrien directed Molière's works, Dom Juan and George Dandin in Germany.
In the early 1980s, Adrien directed works by Alfred Jarry (Ubu roi and Ubu cocu) and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (La poule d'eau)Cramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie : une aventure théâtrale, pp. 228–229. Editions de l'Amandier . At this time, Adrien's direction desired to liberate and provoke. He saw theatre as the scenic transcription of thought processes. In Une Visite, adapted from Franz Kafka's L'Amerique, Adrien's direction showed screwball comedic and jubilatory elements. He also directed Kafka's Rêves.Cramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie : une aventure théâtrale, pp. 239–242. Editions de l'Amandier .
In 1981, Adrien was named Director of the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry, replacing Antoine Vitez.History of the theatre Theatre des Quartiers d'Ivry website There, Adrien presented Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (Molière), Homme pour homme (Bertolt Brecht), La Funeste Passion du professeur Forenstein (Adrien), and La Mission (Heiner Müller) .Cramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie : une aventure théâtrale, pp. 248–252. Editions de l'Amandier .
In 1983, Adrien was invited to La Comédie-Française to direct Molière's Amphitryon and Le Médecin Volant. He worked with the same troupe to produce Jean-Claude Grumberg's Maman revient, pauvre orphelin, Véronique Olmi's Point à la ligne, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's L'Incorruptible, Molière's Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Werner Schwab's Extermination du peuple, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, and Genet's Les Bonnes. in this time, Adrien directed two productions of Tennessee Williams: Un tramway nommé désir, with Caroline Cellier, at the Théâtre Eldorado, then Doux oiseau de jeunesse, with Claudia Cardinale, at the Théâtre de la Madeleine.
In 1985, Adrien founded the L'Atelier de Recherche et de Réalisation Théâtrale.ARRT La Tempete website.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Adrien directed the works of authors including Shakespeare (Hamlet, then Le Roi Lear), Marivaux (Les Acteurs de bonne foi and La Méprise), Claudel (L'Annonce faite à Marie), Brecht (La Noce chez les petits bourgeois), Beckett (En attendant Godot), Vitrac (Victor ou les enfants au pouvoir), Gombrowicz (Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne), Copi (L'Homosexuel ou la difficulté de s'exprimerCulture Next Liberation website 6 February 1997.), and Armando Llamas (Meurtres de la princesse juive). In 1993, Adrien directed Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de la Tempête.
In 1997, Adrien directed Arnold Bedouet's Kinkale at the Théâtre National de la Colline. The production received the award for best new play and the award for the best playwright at the Moliere Awards of that year. He went on to direct Philippe Auger's Mélédouman and Le Projet Conrad, an adaptation of the short story Un Avant-poste du progrès. Adrien's interest in African works continued with Boesman et Lena, by the South-African playwright Athol Fugard in 2014 and a stage production of Amos Tutuola's novel L'Ivrogne dans la brousse.Tutuola Africultures website.
In 2001, Adrien collaborated with the blind actor, Bruno Netter and Netter's Compagnie du Troisième Oeil, a company of handicapped and normally abled actors. Together, they produced Molière's The Imaginary Invalid, Franz Kafka's The Trial, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, and Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs.Article Les Trois Coups website.
In 2005, Adrien directed a production of Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth, which starred Claudia Cardinale.
In 2010, Adrien directed Feydeau's Le Dindon.Le Dindon Le Monde theatre blog The production received four nominations at the Molière Awards, toured for three years, and had a revival during the 2014 summer season at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin.Le Dindon You tube.
Adrien died on 15 September 2021, at the age of 81.Décès de Philippe Adrien, figure du théâtre contemporain on Le Figaro
Artistic director In 1996, Adrien became the artistic director of the Théâtre de la Tempête, located in La Cartoucherie, Paris.La Tempete La Tempete website.Cramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie : une aventure théâtrale, pp. 302–319. Editions de l'Amandier . Adrien has staged Chekov's La Mouette and Ivanov, Claudel's Partage de midi and Protée and Molière's L'École des femmes. Adrien received a nomination for the award for Best Director at the Molière Awards in 2014. The play toured in France until 2016.Philippe Adrien Web theatre website.
Adrien has also staged contemporary writers including Juan Mayorga (La Tortue de Darwin), Werner Schwab (Excédent de poids, insignifiant: amorphe), and Blandine Solange (an adaptation of Exposition d'une femme, lettre d'une psychotique).
Teacher From 1989 to 2003, Adrien taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique.Masterclass Rue du Conservatoire website. 16 March 2003.
Prizes and awards 1985: Grand Prix du théâtre du Syndicat de la critique for Rêves (Kafka) at the Théâtre de la Tempête and revival at the Festival Purchase, New York. 1991: nomination for the Prix Dominique for Best Director for L'Annonce faite à Marie.L'Annonce faite à Marie La Tempete website. 1991: nomination for the Molière Award for Best Director for L'Annonce faite à Marie 1997: Molière Award for Best New Show for Kinkali (Arnaud Bédouet). 1997: Grand Prix des arts de la scène of Paris. 2011: nomination for Molière Award for Best Director for Le Dindon. 2011: nomination for the Molière Award for Public Theatre for Le Dindon. 2014: nomination for the Molière Award for Public Theatre Show's Best Director for L'École des Femmes.
Publications La Baye (1967), Editions Cent Pages.Theatre L'express website. L'Arche (1975) Translation of Le Pupille veut être tuteur by Peter Handke. Actes Sud-Papiers (1998) Instant par instant, en classe d'interprétation.1999 Erudit organisation pdf document.
Works Cinema 1959: La Verte Moisson by François VilliersPhilippe Adrien Cinefil website.
Television 1964: Les Cinq Dernières Minutes:45 tours... et puis s'en vont by Bernard Hecht
Theatre Actor 1964: Le carrosse du saint sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, directed by Henri Rocca, Montpazier (Périgord) 1971: Les Brigands by Friedrich von Schiller, directed by Antoine Bourseiller, Théâtre du Gymnase 1975: Le pupille veut être tuteur by Peter Handke, directed by Jean-Claude Fall and Philippe Adrien, Théâtre Essaïon
Director 1965: Les Croisés, creation at the Biennale de Paris 1967: Arrête d'être belle, creation at the Biennale de Paris 1969: La Douloureuse mutation des Zupattes, creation at the Biennale de Paris 1970: Albert 1er by Philippe Adrien, creation at the Stadttheater Münster RFACramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie:une aventure théâtrale, pp. 85–87. Editions de l'Amandier . 1973: L'Excès, creation at the Petit-Odéon – théâtre national 1973: Qu'est-ce qui frappe ici si tôt ? by Philippe Madral, creation at the Théâtre Ouvert, and then at the Festival d'AvignonCramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie:une aventure théâtrale, pp. 147–148. Editions de l'Amandier . 1973: Frankenstein by Wolfgang Deichsel, creation at the Théâtre Cyrano 1973: Dialogades by Serge Ganzl, creation at the Café Théâtre du Tripot 1974: La Résistance, creation at the Théâtre des Amandiers de Nanterre 1974: Les Bottes de l'ogre 1975: L'Œil de la tête – Effet Sade, creation at the Festival Europalia Bruxelles, Festival d'Automne, Théâtre RécamierCramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie:une aventure théâtrale, pp. 182–184. Editions de l'Amandier . 1975: Albertine by Serge Ganzl, creation at the Petit Odéon – théâtre national 1975: Le Pupille veut être tuteur by Peter Handke, creation at the Théâtre EssaïonCramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie:une aventure théâtrale, p. 181. Editions de l'Amandier . 1976: Représentation, creation at the Théâtre Essaïon 1977: George Dandin by Molière, creation at the Schauspielhaus de Düsseldorf, RFA 1979: Dom Juan by Molière, creation at the Schauspielhaus de Düsseldorf, RFA 1979: Le Défi by Molière, creation at the C.D.N. de ReimsCramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie:une aventure théâtrale, p. 227. Editions de l'Amandier . 1980: Ubu roi by Alfred Jarry, creation at the C.D.N. de Reims 1980: La Poule d'eau by S.I. Witkiewicz, creation at the Théâtre de la Commune d'Aubervilliers, and then at the Festival Bitef de Belgrade 1981: Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Molière, creation at the C.D.N. de Reims, and then at the Théâtre de la Commune d'Aubervilliers and at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'IvryCramesnil, Joël (2005). La Cartoucherie:une aventure théâtrale, p. 230. Editions de l'Amandier . 1981: Une visite after Franz Kafka, creation at the Théâtre de la Tempête in 1981, then at the Festival de Florence, Festival de Saarbrück 1982: La Mission by Heiner Müller, creation at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry 1982: Correspondances from Gérard de Nerval, creation at the Festival Les Intérieurs 1982: La Funeste Passion du professeur Forenstein, creation at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry 1983: Amphitryon and Le Médecin volant by Molière, creation at the Comédie Française 1983: Homme pour homme by Bertolt Brecht, Fartov and Belcher, creation at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry and at the C.D.N. de Reims 1984: Rêves by Kafka // Prix de la Critique 85, creation at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry, at the Centre Georges Pompidou, at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, in RFA, at the Hollande Festival, revival at the Théâtre de la Tempête in 1985, tour at the Festival Purchase – New-York in 1985 [59 shows] 1985: Ké Voï ? by Enzo Cormann, creation at the Festival d'Avignon, revival at the Théâtre de la Tempête [55 shows] 1986: Des Aveugles by Hervé Guibert, creation at the Théâtre de la Tempête / Festival d'Automne in 1986 [47 shows] 1987: La Vénus à la fourrure from Sacher Masoch and Les Pragmatistes by Witkiewicz, creation at the Théâtre de la Tempête in 1987 [57 shows] 1987: La Méprise and Les Acteurs de bonne foi by Marivaux, creation at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in 1987 1988: Cami, drames de la vie courante by Cami, creation at the Théâtre de la Tempête in 1988, tour around France and Denmark (Hvidovre Teater) [110 shows] 1989: Amou'toujou''', recital with Lisette Malidor, creation at the MAC de Créteil in 1989, worldwide tour from 1990 to 1999 [62 shows] 1989: Sade, concert d'enfers by Enzo Cormann, creation at the Théâtre de la Tempête in 1989 [27 shows] 1989: Le Journal intime by Luc Ferrari, musical theatre, creation at the Lierre, tour