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Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director. ==Life== Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913. Copeau's training included a varied and demanding schedule, regular exercise for agility and stamina, and pressing his cast and crew to invent theatrical effects in a bare-bones space. It was there Jouvet developed his considerable stagecraft skills, particularly makeup and lighting (he developed a kind of accent light named the ''jouvet''). These years included a successful tour to the United States. While influential, Copeau's theater was never lucrative. Jouvet left in October 1922 for the Comédie des Champs-Élysées (the small stage of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées). In December 1923 he staged his single most successful production, the satire ''Dr. Knock'', written by Jules Romains. Jouvet's meticulous characterization of the manipulative crank doctor was informed by his own experience in pharmacy school. It became his signature and his standby; "Jouvet was to produce it almost every year until the end of his life".〔Louis Jouvet, man of the theatre, Bettina Liebowitz Knapp〕 Jouvet began an ongoing close collaboration with playwright Jean Giraudoux in 1928, with a radical streamlining of Giraudoux's 1922 ''Siegfried et le Limousin'' for the stage. Their work together included the first staging of ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' in 1945, at the Théâtre de l'Athénée, where Jouvet served as director from 1934 through his death in 1951. Jouvet starred in some 34 films, including two recordings of ''Dr. Knock'', once in 1933 and again in 1951. He was professor at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He had a heart attack while at his beloved Théâtre de l'Athénée and died in his dressing room on 16 August 1951.〔(Louis Jouvet at cinememorial.com ) in French〕 Jouvet is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. The Athénée theatre now bears his name. He was the uncle of Anglo-French actor Peter Wyngarde. In the 2007 Pixar film ''Ratatouille'' the character Anton Ego appearance was modeled after Jouvet. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Jouvet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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