Marcel Karsenty’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

From France 
Algeria 
Gender male
Birth 15 July 1904, Oran, Oran, Algeria
Death 3 May 1997, Île-de-France, France
(aged 92 years)

Marcel Karsenty, né à Oran (Algérie) le 15 juillet 1904 et mort en région parisienne le 3 mai 1997, est un directeur de théâtre et producteur de tournées français.

Biographie

Marcel Karsenty rejoint à Paris son oncle Raphaël Karsenty (1889-1932), fondateur des tournées qui portent son nom, en 1927. À la mort de ce dernier, il prend la direction de l’entreprise secondé par ses frères Robert et Pierre.

Les Galas Karsenty deviennent un acteur important du rayonnement du théâtre francophone. Ils organisent en 1938-1939 une tournée de la Comédie-Française qui va de Londres à Buenos Aires, passant par les Balkans, l’Afrique du Nord et le Brésil. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, c’est Louis Jouvet et sa troupe qui parcourent l’Amérique du Sud, présentant Jean Giraudoux et Paul Claudel à un public encore avide de culture française.

Après guerre, en plus d’auteurs confirmés comme Marcel Achard ou Jean Anouilh, les Galas Karsenty présentent de nouveaux venus comme Harold Pinter, Gabriel Arout et Graham Greene. En 1965, la société fusionne avec les Productions théâtrales Georges Herbert pour donner naissance aux Galas Karsenty-Herbert.

Parallèlement a son activité de tourneur, Marcel Karsenty exerce la fonction d’administrateur adjoint de l’Atelier de Charles Dullin dont il est un des proches. Il dirige ensuite le Théâtre de Paris avec Pierre Dux de 1948 à 1952 et le Théâtre des Ambassadeurs (aujourd’hui Espace Cardin) de 1962 à 1970.

Il est inhumé au cimetière du Père-Lachaise (60e division).

Notes et références

Liens externes

Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :

  • Marcel Karsenty, sur Wikimedia Commons
  • Notices d’autorité : Fichier d’autorité international virtuel • International Standard Name Identifier • Bibliothèque nationale de France (données) • Système universitaire de documentation
  • Portail du théâtre
  • Portail de la langue française et de la francophonie
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