Alain Feydeau

Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau 21 July 1934 14 January 2008 was a French actor director and writer He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau and appeared in several of his grandfathers works and directed new productions of two of them Feydeau was born in BoulogneBillancourt near Paris on 21 July 1934 son of Michel Feydeau 19001961 and his wife Françoise née Hoentschel At the Conservatoire national supérieur dart dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958 after which he joined the company of the ComédieFrançaise of which he remained a member until 1983 During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire but was never made a full Sociétaire In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years Feydeau played in a wide range of plays from French and foreign classics such as Corneilles Le Menteur Hugos Ruy Blas and Schillers Marie Stuart to 20thcentury works by writers including Anouilh Cocteau Giraudoux Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christies Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973 In his grandfathers plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charons production of Un fil à la patte 1961 and subsequent revivals Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse 1969 Pontagnac in Jean Meyers production of Le Dindon 1970 Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier 1972 Etienne in JacquesHenri Duvals production of Occupetoi dAmélie 1972 and Dr Finache in JeanLaurent Cochets production of La Puce à loreille 1978 On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the longrunning series Au théâtre ce soir At the theatre tonight taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985 He made numerous other television appearances and did a small amount of work for the cinema As a writer Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère whom he knew well He also published some fiction Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008 aged 73 He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright Source Article Alain Feydeau from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA0