Claire Deluca (5 June 1933 – 7 April 2020) was a French actress and director.[1][2]

Claire Deluca
Born5 June 1933
Died7 April 2020(2020-04-07) (aged 86)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actress, theatre director

Career

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Deluca acted in several plays written by Marguerite Duras, such as Les Eaux et Forêts, La Musica, Yes, peut-être, and Le Shaga. She also adapted a theatrical adaptation of La Vie matérielle.[3] She won the Prix d'interprétation féminine at the Festival de Barcelona for her role in La Musica.[4]

In 1993, Deluca participated in the Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle's dedication to Marguerite Duras. The following year, she contributed to the Comédie-Française by recounting memories of Le Shaga rehearsals in 1967 at Neauphle-le-Château.

In 2008, she offered a lecture-spectacle of Le Shaga at the Théâtre du Temps.[5] She directed the play in 2011 at the Théâtre de l'Athénée alongside Jean-Marie Lehec and Karine Martin-Hulewicz. She became a member of the judicial committee for the Prix Marguerite-Duras.

Personal life

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On 7 April 2020, Deluca died in Paris, France, at the age of 86.[6]

Theatre

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  • Et jusqu'à Béthanie (1963)
  • Les Eaux et Forêts (1965–1989)
  • The Brothers Karamazov (1967)
  • The Devil and the Good Lord (1968)
  • Yes, peut-être (1968)
  • Quelque chose comme Glenariff (1969)
  • The Mousetrap (1970–1971)
  • Clérambard (1972)
  • Antigone (1974)
  • Les Larbins (1974)
  • La Belle Vie (1977)
  • À la nuit, la nuit (1979)
  • Deburau (1980–1982)
  • Le Paradis à l'amiable (1983)
  • Les illes de la voix (1989)
  • Héritage (1992)
  • Le Shaga (2011)
  • La Vie qui va (2013)

References

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  1. ^ "La mort de Claire Deluca". WebThéâtre (in French). 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ ""Duras, la vie qui va" par Claire Deluca et Jean-Marie Lehec". Le HuffPost. October 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "DELUCA Claire". Association Marguerite Duras.
  4. ^ Héliot, Armelle (April 9, 2020). "Claire Deluca ou la délicatesse".
  5. ^ "Le Shaga de Marguerite Duras" (PDF). Duras mon amour (in French). June 2008.
  6. ^ Costaz, Gilles (4 June 2023). "La mort de Claire Deluca". WebThéâtre.fr.