abstract:Jacques Copeau (February 4, 1879 – October 20, 1949) was an influential French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist born in Paris. Before he founded his famous Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theatre reviews for several Parisian journals, worked at the Georges Petit Gallery where he organized exhibits of artists' works and helped found the Nouvelle Revue Française in 1909, along with writer friends, such as André Gide and Jean Schlumberger.
In 1913, Jacques Copeau setup Theatre du Vieux-ColombierinParis. Undoubtedly thisis a continuationof thedramatic reforms initiatedby Antoine and Lugne-Poe.