Roger Blin
Acting
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 production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.'
During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army.
His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard.
The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel.
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Date of Birth:
1907-03-22
Country:
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Media of
Roger Blin
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Filmography of
Roger Blin
Self (archive footage)
... 2020
Nestor
... 1983
... 1983
Récitant (voice)
... 1982
L’aveugle (voice)
... 1980
Romain
... 1979
Jeanne's father
... 1977
Daniel
... 1976
Murdoc
... 1975
Le professeur de chant
... 1975
Servais' Father
... 1975
Burns
... 1973
Boris
... 1971
Dominique Marchesini
... 1970
Alcandre
... 1970
Pao
... 1967
Jean Sans-Tête
... 1967
Monsieur de Beaurepaire
... 1966
... 1965
Le grand Claus
... 1964
Karl / Boss
... 1964
Larsen
... 1964
Narrator (voice)
... 1963
Tellmarc’h
... 1962
Curtway
... 1962
Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
... 1961
Verchinine
... 1960
Slim, le guide
... 1959
Self
... 1959
Narrator
... 1958
Mathias Hungadi
... 1956
Wladimir
... 1955
Guillaume l'égorgeur
... 1954
le valet
... 1953
Blind Man (Voice)
... 1953
... 1952
Doctor Frankenstein
... 1952
... 1951
Convict
... 1951
The Poet
... 1950
Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
... 1950
Emilio
... 1949
Guillaume
... 1949
Julien
... 1947
The sleepwalker
... 1946
... 1945
Man of the puppet
... 1945
Paul Moury
... 1944
Cleric
... 1943
Man of the theater (uncredited)
... 1943
François
... 1943
Bohemian leader
... 1943
Fagotin
... 1943
The Monster Showman
... 1942
Aspirant
... 1942
... 1942
Un vénitien
... 1941
(credit only)
... 1940
Le Condamné
... 1939
(uncredited)
... 1939
Mair
... 1939
... 1938
Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
... 1938
Dupuis son
... 1938
Kretz, Winckler's henchman
... 1937
Officer (uncredited)
... 1937
De Ries
... 1937
le malade solitaire
... 1936
Un métallo
... 1936
Unnamed Character
... 1936
... 1934
The Crowd
... 1933