Charles Dullin

French actor and producer

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In French literature: Theatre
continued in Jacques Copeau’s tradition—Charles Dullin, Louis Jouvet, Georges and Ludmila Pitoëff, and Gaston Baty, known collectively as the Cartel—rebuilt the commercial theatre. They fostered a literary and poetic theatre, developing high standards of acting, production, and stage design; and they tried (less successfully) to reach out beyond the…
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In Western theatre: Avant-garde in France
…his own style: Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Georges Pitoëff, and Gaston Baty. Jouvet and Dullin were former actors with the Vieux-Colombier. Jouvet’s productions of Molière were his most important contribution; he freed the plays from the weight of tradition that was stifling them. Dullin’s productions, which were less subjugated to…
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