Alain Feydeau

Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 Juli 1934 – 14 Januari 2008) adalah seorang aktor, sutradara dan penulis Perancis. Dia adalah cucu dari penulis drama Georges Feydeau, dan muncul di beberapa karya kakeknya, dan mengarahkan produksi baru dari dua di antaranya. Feydeau lahir di Boulogne-Billancourt, dekat Paris, pada tanggal 21 Juli 1934, putra Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) dan istrinya Françoise, née Hoentschel. Pada dramatique supérieur d'art nasional Conservatoire di Paris, ia memenangkan hadiah pertama untuk komedi pada tahun 1958, setelah itu ia bergabung dengan perusahaan Comédie-Française, di mana ia tetap menjadi anggotanya hingga tahun 1983. Selama berada di perusahaan tersebut, Feydeau diangkat ke pangkat Grand Pensionnaire, tetapi tidak pernah diangkat menjadi Sociétaire penuh. Dalam karir panggung yang berlangsung hampir lima puluh tahun, Feydeau bermain dalam berbagai drama, dari klasik Perancis dan asing, seperti Le Menteur karya Corneille, Ruy Blas karya Hugo dan Marie Stuart karya Schiller hingga karya-karya abad ke-20 oleh para penulis termasuk Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry dan Marcel Pagnol. Di antara perannya yang lebih tidak biasa adalah Kapten Hastings yang diperankan Agatha Christie dalam adaptasi panggung dari cerita Poirot. Dramawan yang dramanya paling sering ia tampilkan adalah Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 produksi Molière yang ia mainkan antara tahun 1958 dan 1973. Dalam drama kakeknya, Feydeau berperan sebagai Fontanet dalam produksi Un fil à la patte (1961 dan kebangkitan berikutnya) karya Jacques Charon, Moricet dalam produksi Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac dalam produksi Le Dindon karya Jean Meyer (1970), Ribadier atau Thommereux dalam produksinya sendiri Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne dalam produksi Occupe-toi d'Amélie karya Jacques-Henri Duval (1972), dan Dr Finache dalam produksi La Puce à l'oreille karya Jean-Laurent Cochet (1978). Di televisi Feydeau sering muncul dalam serial lama Au théâtre ce soir (Di teater malam ini), mengambil 21 peran berbeda antara tahun 1968 dan 1985. Dia membuat banyak penampilan televisi lainnya, dan melakukan sedikit pekerjaan untuk bioskop. Sebagai seorang penulis, Feydeau menerbitkan dua buku tentang aktris terkemuka Edwige Feuillère, yang ia kenal baik. Dia juga menerbitkan beberapa fiksi. Feydeau meninggal di Paris pada 14 Januari 2008, dalam usia 73 tahun. Ia dimakamkan di Pemakaman Montmartre bersama anggota keluarga lainnya termasuk penulis naskah drama. Sumber: Artikel "Alain Feydeau" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA0.

Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 July 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a French actor, director and writer. He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau, and appeared in several of his grandfather's works, and directed new productions of two of them. Feydeau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, on 21 July 1934, son of Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) and his wife Françoise, née Hoentschel. At the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958, after which he joined the company of the Comédie-Française, of which he remained a member until 1983. During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire, but was never made a full Sociétaire. In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years, Feydeau played in a wide range of plays, from French and foreign classics, such as Corneille's Le Menteur, Hugo's Ruy Blas and Schiller's Marie Stuart to 20th-century works by writers including Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story. The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973. In his grandfather's plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charon's production of Un fil à la patte (1961 and subsequent revivals), Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac in Jean Meyer's production of Le Dindon (1970), Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne in Jacques-Henri Duval's production of Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1972), and Dr Finache in Jean-Laurent Cochet's production of La Puce à l'oreille (1978). On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the long-running series Au théâtre ce soir (At the theatre tonight), taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985. He made numerous other television appearances, and did a small amount of work for the cinema. As a writer, Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère, whom he knew well. He also published some fiction. Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008, aged 73. He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright. Source: Article "Alain Feydeau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA0.