Philippe Adrien
French actor (1939–2021)
Philippe Adrien (19 December 1939 – 15 September 2021) was a French stage director, actor and playwright. He was associated with the La Tempete company in Paris.
Actor
Adrien appeared in the 1959 war film, Green Harvest.
Playwright
Adrien began to write plays in the late 1960s. In 1967, La Baye was staged by Antoine Bourseiller, featuring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Suzanne Flon. It was staged again in 1997 by Laurent Pelly. La Baye had elements of disorder which would be reflected in Adrien's later work.
Adrien's play, Le Défi de Molière (1979) was dedicated to Moliere.
Adrien has co-written two plays with Jean-Louis Bauer. The first, Bug!
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