Gerald Garutti
Theatre Director, Writer and Translator
Photograph: Photo credit - Olivier Roller
Film, TV & Theatre
Books
Film, TV & Theatre
As a theatre director, a writer and translator, Gerald Garutti has worked on multi-Awarded plays in France and in the UK. He studied literature (École Normale Supérieure and agrégation de lettres modernes), political science (Sciences Po Paris) and philosophy (Cambridge University, where he taught as lecteur of French at Trinity College). He works in English and in French.
His last credits in France include: Brief Praise of Night with Pierre Richard, which had a sold out and extended run at Théâtre du Rond-Point by the Champs-Elysées, after it toured in France, Belgium, Swiss and Luxemburg; a very edgy Richard III, which he directed and re-translated; Lorenzaccio, a Shakespearian, political epic involving thirty actors on stage (National Theatre La Criée, Théâtre Montansier at Versailles). His play Haim – In The Light Of A Violin, which he wrote and directed, has been on a enthusiastically acclaimed National Tour for four seasons before coming to The Print Room. Previously, he has written, adapted and directed, in French, a dozen of texts, including Badly But Quickly (Odéon), The Hunters Of The Absolute (France Culture), A Century of Fury (Brangues) and The Sense of Desire (National Theatre, Odéon), Espace Cardin). Since 2013, he has been creating most of his plays at the Ferme des Jeux (Ile-de-France), where he is resident theatre director.
In English, he has directed Roberto Zucco (ADC Theatre), Richard III (ADC Theatre), The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Vingtième Théâtre), a script-in-hand performance of Dangerous Liaisons by Christopher Hampton at the Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford-upon-Avon), and Notes From Underground adapted from Dostoyewsky with Harry Lloyd, which opened The Print Room at the Coronet. From 2006 to 2011, he was the dramaturge and literary adviser of the French National Theatre (Théâtre National Populaire), on about fifteen multi-Awarded plays, such as Coriolanus (3 Molière Awards including Best Show and Best Directing and Grand Prix du Syndicat de la Critique), Overboard (Théâtre National de la Colline, Molière Award for Best Show and Grand Prix du Syndicat de la Critique), Philoctetes (Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Molière Award).
He has published many articles, two plays and a book on Franz Kafka and Orson Welles. He has translated, amongst others, Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, The Power of Yes by David Hare (for the Théâtre de la Ville - France Culture), and Songs by Bertolt Brecht (for the French National Theatre La Colline). Some of his works and texts are available online at www.geraldgarutti.com.
Radio
Production | Company | Notes |
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POETRY WILL SAVE THE WORLD 2022 | France Culture | Director/Adaptor |
GIFT & MAN IN SNOW 2012 | France Culture | Adaptor |
THE POWER OF YES 2011 | France Culture | Adaptor |
LORENZACCIO 2010 | France Culture | Adaptor |
THE HUNTERS OF THE ABSOLUTE 2008 | France Culture | Director/Adaptor |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE MAID TURNED MISTRESS 2022 | Characteres & Open Chamber Orchestra | Director |
POETRY WILL SAVE THE WORLD 2021 | Characteres & Festival Notes d'Automne | Director |
THE SOLDIER’S TALE 2020 | Characteres & Open Chamber Orchestra | Director |
TARTUFFE (in English and French) 2018 | Theatre Royal Haymarket | Director, adapted by Christopher Hampton |
BRIEF PRAISE OF NIGHT 2017 | Théâtre du Rond-Point | Director |
WE WANT EXPOSE OURSELVES IN THE NAME OF TRUTH 2016 | Characteres & Grignan | Director/Adaptor |
RICHARD III 2016 | Théâtre de l’Aquarium | Director |
LORENZACCIO 2015 | Théâtre National La Criée | Director/Adaptor |
NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (in English) 2014 | The Print Room at The Coronet | Director/Adaptor |
HAIM - IN THE LIGHT OF A VIOLIN 2011 | Théâtre National La Criée, European Tour, The Print Room at the Coronet | Director, adapted in English by Christopher Hampton |
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (in English) 2011 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Director |
CORRESPONDENCE FOR THREE 2011 | Espace Cardin, Paris | Director/Adaptor |
THE SENSE OF DESIRE 2011 | Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe | Director/Adaptor |
CREDITORS 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
STRINDBERG 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
GRAAL THEATRE 1: JOSEPH 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de Strasbourg | Dramaturg |
GRAAL THEATRE 1: JOSEPH 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de Strasbourg | Dramaturg |
A CENTURY OF FURY 2010 | Brangues | Director/Adaptor |
DON JUAN 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre des Amandiers-Nanterre | Dramaturg |
CELESTINA 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
DON QUIXOTE 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE MESS OVER THERE 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP), Scène Nationale Les Gémeaux | Dramaturg |
JOAN OF ARC 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP), Scène Nationale Les Gémeaux | Dramaturg |
A WORLD IN ITSELF 2010 | Scène Nationale Les Gémeaux | Dramaturg |
THE JEALOUSY OF LE BARBOUILLE 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE LOVE TIFF/LE DEPIT AMOUREUX 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
PHILOCTETES 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe | Dramaturg |
THE FABLE OF THE SUBSTITUTE SON 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE DIALOGUE OF CARMELITES 2009 | Brangues | Director/Adaptor |
THE FLYING DOCTOR 2008 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE BLUNDERER 2008 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE HUNTERS OF THE ABSOLUTE 2008 | Brangues, France Culture | Director/Adaptor |
OVERBOARD 2008 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National La Colline | Dramaturg |
BADLY BUT QUICKLY 2007 | Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe | Director/Adaptor |
NADA STRANCAR SINGS BRECHT/DESSAU 2007 | Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
THE AFFECTED YOUNG LADIES 2007 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
SGANARELLE, OR THE IMAGINARY CUCKOLD 2007 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS 2007 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE BANQUET OF DEMONS 2006 | Théâtre de l’Athénée | Director/Adaptor |
COROLIANUS 2006 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre des Amandiers-Nanterre | Dramaturg |
THE OTHER 2006 | Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (in English) 2005 | Vingtième Théâtre | Director |
GRIEF(S) 2005 | Comédie-Française, Studio-Théâtre | Dramaturg |
RICHARD III (in English) 2004 | ADC Theatre | Director |
ROBERTO ZUCCO (in English) 2003 | ADC Theatre | Director |
Books
Fiction
Publication Details | Notes |
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ANTHROPOS 2020 | Scène Nationale Bonlieu |
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD 2018 Presses Universitaires du Mirail | PUM / Adaptor of Tom Stoppard’s play |
RICHARD III 2016 Solitaires Intempestifs | Centre Dramatique National Théâtre de l’Union / Adaptor of Shakespeare’s play |
HAIM - IN THE LIGHT OF A VIOLIN 2015 Éditions Robert Laffont | Théâtre National La Criée |
GIFT & MAN IN SNOW 2012 | France Culture / Adaptor of Israel Horovitz’ plays |
THE POWER OF YES 2011 | France Culture / Adapted of David Hare’s play |
THE COAST OF UTOPIA 2009 | Maison Antoine Vitez / Adaptor of Tom Stoppard’s play, Prize for the Best Adaptation |
SONGS 2008 Éditions L'Arche | Théâtre National La Colline / Adaptor of Brecht’s songs |
AN INFERNAL COMEDY 2007 Éditions PUG | Vingtième Théâtre, Paris |