The Biography

Marcel Maréchal (25 December 1937 – 11 June 2020) was a French actor, writer, and director. Since 1958, Maréchal had a successful acting career. That year, he founded the Théâtre du Cothurne in Lyon. Other theatres he worked at included the Théâtre du Huitième, the Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre National de la Criée, Théâtre du Rond-Point, and Trétaux de France. In 2001, Maréchal founded the Festival Théâtral de Figeac. Throughout his career, he dedicated himself to contemporary playwrights such as Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vauthier, and Louis Guilloux. He was invited to the Festival d'Avignon on several occasions. Marcel Maréchal died on 11 June 2020 in Paris at the age of 82. Source: Article "Marcel Maréchal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.