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Louis Jouvet[lwE zhOOvA´] Pronunciation Key, 1887–1951, French actor, producer, and director. A member of Copeau's ThEAtre du Vieux Colombier after 1913, he left in 1922 to organize his own theater. He was director of the ComEdie des Champs ElysEes (1924–34) and from 1934 of the AthEnEe in Paris. He was the first to produce and act in many of the plays of Giraudoux. Jouvet's simple though powerful stage decors and lighting effects were extremely influential.
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