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Estienne

American  
[es-tyen] / ɛsˈtyɛn /

noun

  1. Also a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri died 1520; his son, Robert 1503?–59; Henri (son of Robert), 1531?–98.

  2. a French printing firm founded by this family.


Estienne British  
/ etjɛn /

noun

  1. a family of French printers, scholars, and dealers in books, including Henri (ɑ̃ri), ?1460–1520, who founded the printing business in Paris, his son Robert (rɔbɛr), 1503–59, and his grandson Henri , 1528–98

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2019 he premiered a new play, “Why?,” about experimental Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold, which Mr. Brook wrote and staged with Estienne.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

In the midst of the solemn starkness of “The Prisoner,” the new play by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, there’s a moment you will want to memorize and nurture.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2018

The adaptation and staging by Brook and his longtime co-director Marie-Hélène Estienne looks like most of Brook’s recent work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2017

Brook and Estienne confer on the proceedings an air of austere dignity, but that air never becomes stale.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2017

Melar Lebrenn decided to turn to him, but he found Estienne strongly prejudiced against him through the calumnies that Compaign had circulated.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

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