Pierre Barillet

Pierre Barillet 24 August 1923 8 January 2019 was a French playwright Barillet was born in Paris France Passionate about theatre since childhood he wrote his first play Les Héritiers in 1945 after being a law student It was followed by Les Amants de Noël performed at the Théâtre de Poche He also worked as a radio broadcaster reading novels and plays with Agnès Capri He first experienced success in 1951 with Le Don dAdèle which he wrote along with JeanPierre Gredy The play was performed over a thousand times Over the next several decades Barillet would develop what he was most famous for Boulevard theatre Certain of his plays were adapted to Broadway including Fleur de cactus Cactus Flower written by Abe Burrows and Quarante carats Forty Carats In the 1980s Barillet appeared in television shows including Malesherbes avocat du roi and Condorcet In the 1990s he wrote biographies such as Les Seigneurs du rire about Robert de Flers Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Francis de Croisset Quatre années sans relâche was about theatrical life in France during their German occupation in World War II À la ville comme à la scène was an autobiography about the years he spent writing and performing in plays Barillet was an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Knight of the Legion of Honor Barillet was married to comedian Roland Oberlin Source Article Pierre Barillet from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30