A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Bucharest, Romania
Born:
March 12, 1930
Died:
February 10, 2011
Michel Fagadau (born Mihai Făgădău, 1930– February 10, 2011) was a Romanian-born French theater director and producer. Born in Bucharest, his family had to leave Romania during the war due to his father's antifascist activities. They ended up in the Orient, where they stayed for two years, and where he started to learn English. After the war they settled in France. He took his Baccalauréat degree there, and then went to London to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. After only six months in London, he was hired by the Royal Shakespeare Company, studying in parallel at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. When he graduated in 1957, he continued to work for the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was the same company where directed his first play, Voulez-vous jouer avec moâ by Marcel Achard. In 1960, he was entrusted with the leadership of the "Théâtre de la Gaîté Montparnasse" in Paris, a post he held until 1990. In 1994, he became artistic director of the Comédie des Champs Elysée and Studio des Champs-Elysée. An admirer of Montgomery Clift and Elia Kazan, he died in Paris on February 10, 2011. Source: Article "Michel Fagadau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Adaptation:
1994 Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !
Director:
1994 Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !
2003 Parle-moi d'Amour !
Other:
1984 La vie est trop courte
1994 Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !
2003 Parle-moi d'Amour !
Stage Director:
1984 La vie est trop courte
1994 Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !
2003 Parle-moi d'Amour !
Thanks:
1984 La vie est trop courte
1994 Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !
2000 The False Servant
2003 Parle-moi d'Amour !
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