Gabriel Garran (pseudonym of Gabriel Gersztenkorn), born May 3, 1929
in Paris, is a French actor and theater director.Born to a French
Jewish family of Polish origins in Paris, he was fled persecution in
Vichy France at the age of 11. After World War II, he became an actor
and in 1965 founded the 'Théâtre de la Commune' in Aubervilliers,
the first permanent theater in French suburbs. He managed that theater
in the years 1960â€"1984 and staged numerous plays in it. At the end
of the 1970s, Garran founded the Théâtre International de Langue
Française (TILF) which focused on presenting plays from African
Frech-speaking countries.
in Paris, is a French actor and theater director.Born to a French
Jewish family of Polish origins in Paris, he was fled persecution in
Vichy France at the age of 11. After World War II, he became an actor
and in 1965 founded the 'Théâtre de la Commune' in Aubervilliers,
the first permanent theater in French suburbs. He managed that theater
in the years 1960â€"1984 and staged numerous plays in it. At the end
of the 1970s, Garran founded the Théâtre International de Langue
Française (TILF) which focused on presenting plays from African
Frech-speaking countries.
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