Guy Vassal

Guy Vassal
Born(1941-03-08)8 March 1941
Toulouse, France
Died13 November 2022(2022-11-13) (aged 81)
NationalityFrench
OccupationPlaywright

Guy Vassal (8 March 1941 – 13 November 2022) was a French playwright.[1]

Biography

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]

Books

  • La Dame fantôme (2001)
  • La Boussole : des confins de la Sibérie à Versailles avec le messager de Lapérouse (2006)
  • Coup de balai pour Don Juan (2015)

References

  1. ^ Bernède, Jérémy (17 November 2022). "Figure du théâtre en région et écrivain féru d'histoire, Guy Vassal s'est éteint à l'âge de 81 ans". Midi Libre (in French). Carcassonne. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bernié-Boissard, Catherine; Boissard, Michel; Velay, Serge (2009). Petit dictionnaire des écrivains du Gard (in French). Nîmes: Alcide. ISBN 978-2-917743-07-2.
  3. ^ Godard, Colette (10 August 1979). "À AIGUES-MORTES Vacances reposantes". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Sganarelle dans les Cévennes". Le Monde (in French). 13 January 1978. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Un hommage public à Guy Vassal ce vendredi". Midi Libre (in French). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.