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Estienne

American  
[es-tyen] / ɛsˈtjɛn /

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

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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 September 2019, “Why?,” a play written and staged by Mr. Brook and his longtime collaborator, Marie-Hélène Estienne, opened in Brooklyn after a debut in Paris, with a tour planned for China, Italy and Spain.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2022

“The Mahabharata,’' Brook’s epic production created with co-director Marie-Hélène Estienne and dramatist Jean-Claude Carrière, theatricalized for Western audiences the vast Hindu epic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2017

Robert Estienne could not hold back the tears that gathered in his eyes.

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

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