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 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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Filmography
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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)
L'hôpital de Leningrad (1983)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage (1983)
Five and the Skin (1982)
Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller (1981)
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
The Adolescent (1979)
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (1977)
Jamais plus toujours (1976)
One Must Live Dangerously (1975)
Aloïse (1975)
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
The Shadow Line (1973)
Too Small My Friend (1971)
L'illusion comique (1970)
The Companions of Baal (1968)
Law of Survival (1967)
The Sunday of Life (1967)
The Devil's Tricks (1966)
Qui donc a rêvé ? (1965)
Little Claus and Big Claus (1964)
Marie Soleil (1964)
A Taste for Women (1964)
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven (1963)
Quatrevingt-treize (1962)
The Star Ship (1962)
Paris Blues (1961)
Les Étoiles de midi (1960)
Les trois soeurs (1960)
Checkerboard (1959)
Calligraphie Japonaise (1958)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan (1955)
The Knight of the Night (1953)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1953)
Piédalu fait des miracles (1952)
Torticola contre Frankensberg (1952)
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
The Convict (1951)
Orpheus (1950)
Vagabonds imaginaires (1950)
Wicked City (1949)
Strange Tales (1949)
Passionnelle (1947)
The Ideal Couple (1946)
The Last Judgment (1945)
The Bohemian Life (1945)
First in Line (1944)
Colonel Chabert (1943)
Douce (1943)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Adieu Léonard (1943)
Captain Fracasse (1943)
The Devil's Envoys (1942)
The Trump Card (1942)
L'âge d'or (1942)
Volpone (1941)
Beating Heart (1940)
The World Will Shake (1939)
Louise (1939)
Pasha's Wives (1939)
Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
The Curtain Rises (1938)
The Time of the Cherries (1938)
Alibi (1937)
The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)
Jenny (1936)
Life Is Ours (1936)
Street Without a Name (1934)
Le Colisée (1933)
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GenderMale
Birthday1907-03-22
Deathday1984-01-20 (76 years old)
Birth NameRoger Paul Jules Blin
Birth PlaceNeuilly-sur-Seine, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsРоже Блен
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