Barrault
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The stillness, shot through with dancers’ gestures of intimate dismay, recalls the thoughtful, mesmerizing Jean-Louis Barrault, as the mime in Marcel Carné’s “Les Enfants du Paradis.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2016
For Barrault, the woman behind all of the books remains a complex and fascinating presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2015
In Paris, and later back in New York, she studied theater, movement and visual art with eminences including the stage director Erwin Piscator, the actor and mime Jean-Louis Barrault and the Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2015
He has a face like mime – Barrault from Les Enfants du Paradis – oval face, arching eyebrows, animated, almost over-animated.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2010
The "mission of the mother" was formed, and with Barrault at the head it set out for Constantinople.
From The Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock
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