Acting
Roger Blin
- Born
- Mar 22, 1907 · Aged 76
- Died
- Jan 20, 1984
- Place of birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 73
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Роже Блен
- Roger Paul Jules Blin
Biography
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his…
