1. Charles Dullin was a student of Jacques Copeau, whose company he joined in 1913 for one season, before rejoining from 1917 to 1918.
15 Facts About Charles Dullin
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Charles Dullin trained and worked with Jacques Rouche, Andre Antoine and Firmin Gemier.
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In June 1920, Charles Dullin began taking on students and was giving acting lessons at the Theatre Antoine under the tutelage of Gemier.
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In July 1921, Charles Dullin founded Theatre de l'Atelier which he referred to as a "laboratory theater".
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Charles Dullin conducted auditions for the troupe in Paris, and then brought the small group of actors to Neronville, where they trained for between ten and twelve hours daily.
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The small group of students, among them Antonin Artaud and Marguerite Jamois, was organised as a commune, with Charles Dullin looking to create 'a different attitude toward theatre' through a 'common sharing of life and work'.
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Charles Dullin played many roles on the screen, and used some of the money earned in these roles to support his theater.
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Charles Dullin was one of the major French actors both on the stage and the screen during the 1930s.
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Charles Dullin put a particular emphasis on mime, gymnastics, voice production, and various improvisational exercises intended to heighten one's sensory perception.
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Charles Dullin aimed to create a total theatre in which the world of the stage was 'more expressive than reality'.
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The goal of Charles Dullin's training was to create the "complete actor":.
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Charles Dullin's actors were encouraged to forget the weight of their bodies, while using them more than their faces to express themselves, often wearing a full or half mask.
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Charles Dullin drew heavily on East Asian theatre techniques, and particularly Japanese theatre, His interest in Japanese theatre developed as early as 1916, when, as a soldier in World War 1, he performed on the frontline and declared his fellow soldier's performances to be Japanese due to their integration of dance, speech and singing into their performance.
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Charles Dullin died in Paris on 11 December 1949, after falling ill while on tour as an actor in Southern France.
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Students of Charles Dullin included Pascale de Boysson, Antonin Artaud, Jean-Louis Barrault, Juozas Miltinis, Etienne Decroux, Juran Hisao and Marcel Marceau.