13 Facts About Karolos Koun

Karolos Koun was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays.

Karolos Koun was born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire to a Greek mother and a Polish Jewish father.

Karolos Koun was educated in Ottoman Turkey until the end of high school.

Karolos Koun graduated from Robert College in Istanbul and then went to Sorbonne for his university education.

Karolos Koun had been praised all over Europe for his bawdy, colorful stagings of the 5th century BC political comedies of Aristophanes.

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Karolos Koun gave premieres in Athens of works by avant-garde European playwrights such as Bertolt Brecht and Luigi Pirandello.

Karolos Koun directed many plays by Aristophanes like The Frogs, Peace, Thesmophoriazusae, Lysistrata, and The Acharnians.

Karolos Koun's played Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire which was staged by Koun's Art Theater.

Karolos Koun directed modern and classic plays like A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Murder of Marat, and Greek plays like The Karaghiozis almost Vizier by George Skourtis and The Babylon by Dimitris Byzantios.

Karolos Koun collaborated with famous Greeks like Manos Xatzidakis, George Bakalo, Odysseas Elytis, Giannis Tsarouxis, Rallou Manoy, Basilis Rotas, Zouzou Nikoloudi, Maria Kynigou Mikis Theodorakis.

Karolos Koun had many students who continued the theatre after Karolos Koun's death.

Karolos Koun stayed politically active all his life which had a direct impact on his not having financial security in his life.

Karolos Koun's theater was responsible for training the golden generation of Greek movie actors.