Guy Vassal | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 November 2022 | (aged 81)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Playwright |
Guy Vassal (8 March 1941 – 13 November 2022) was a French playwright. [1]
Born in Toulouse in 1941, Vassal studied under Charles Dullin. [2] At the age of 20, during the Algerian War, he joined the cast of Antigone, directed by Jean Vilar. [2] In 1963, his first play, Le Temps des troubadours, covered the Albigensian Crusade. [2] It was adapted for television in many shows, including L'Affaire Calas. [2]
From the 1970s to 2000, Vassal created and directed many festivals in Albi, Aigues-Mortes, [3] Carcassonne, and Lattes. [2] At the same time, he led a "militant activity of theatrical decentralization" and created the Théâtre populaire des Cévennes. [4] In some plays, such as Grappes de ma vigne, he focused on novelistic writing, which led to his publication of La Boussole in 2006. [2]
Vassal died on 13 November 2022, at the age of 81. [5]