Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault is buried with his wife Madeleine Renaud in the Passy Cemetery in Paris. From 1940 to 1946 Barrault was a member of the Comédie-Française where he directed productions of Paul Claudel's Le Soulier de satin and Jean Racine's Phèdre two plays that made his reputation. To be able to capture the exact context of the words one is reading.

Desire is what drives me. ". He was the uncle of actress Marie-Christine Barrault and sometime sponsor of Peter Brook.