Jean Daoud

Jean G. Daoud is a playwright, Professor and researcher in acting and stage production. He holds a degree in Cinema and Theatre Studies from University of Paris VIII, and is Professor of Drama and mise en scène (Beaux-Arts II) and Department Head of Theatre at the Lebanese University (IBA II). He is the founder of the Laboratoire de dramaturgie, d'actorat et de textes.

Theatrical works and mise en scène

*"Bayna Ana wa Ana Hya" ("Between Me and Myself: Her"). The first performances were held in Tunisia (Cultural centre of Taher El Haddad, the cultural house of Ben Arous) in Augst 2005. This play was later performed in Sharja in May 2006, at the Tortosa Inter-Cultural Festival (Spain) in October 2006, and in Italy in March 2007; in addition, several performances were given in Lebanon in 2005–2007.
*"Mouakoun" (Theater of Beyrouth, Lebanon, April–June 1999)
*"Cérémonie d’un nombre-acteur" ("Ceremony of a Number-Actor") (Saint-François Theatre, Lebanon, June 1988)"Haute surveillance" (tr. by Jean Genet, INBA 1981 – Paris 1981. Little theater of Beit Mery, Lebanon, May 1982.)
*"La révolution des femmes" ("The Revolution of Women") (Hazmieh, Lebanon, 1977)
*"Advienne que pourra" ("Come What Will") (Unesco Palace, Lebanon, 1972. Syr Dannieh, Kartaba and Hazmieh, 1976.)

Daoud is also author of the plays "Chito", "Moi et le Curé" ("Me and the Curator"), "Alkirda al Zakiah", "Baëh al Hawa" and "Markab Assalaça".

Arabic Publications

* "Al Dabh Eldimocrati" ("The Democratic Hyena"), Beyrouth, 1998. (collection)
* "Al Hazayan Fi Jaçad Imra’a Kalimat" (Madness in the Body of a Woman, Verbs), Beyrouth, 1998. (collection)
* "Fi Makan Al A’ard Al Maçrahi…" (The Location of Scenic Representation — In Search of an Ideal Form), Beyrouth, 2000.
* "Bayna Ana Wa Ana Hya" ("Between Me and Myself, Her"), Beyrouth, 2006. (Play)

Achievements

Daoud has produced various documentaries, including:
* Theatre in Lebanon ("Le Théâtre au Liban"): A two and a half-hour documentary. (il a mené une enquête de deux années pour constituer les documents et achever le scénario et le tournage) présenté à la presse en 1986.
* « Un laissez-passer au CNSAD » à Paris. (Documentaire de trente six minutes sur le conservatoire national d’art dramatique à Paris – filmé et monté à Paris) en Février
* « Cinq cent vingt deux courts documentaires sur le Liban » (portant sur l’archéologie, l’architecture Libanaise, l’écologie, les coutumes et traditions, la vie culturelle, politique, sociale, littéraire, les peintres, les écrivains tel Gibran Khalil Gibran, les hommes de théâtre libanais, histoires distinguées ou d’un certain goût…) diffusés sur la chaîne internationale hispanophone mexicaine Télévisa, (Mexique et les autres pays hispanophone). Comme il est l’auteur, le réalisateur et le directeur de plusieurs programmes diffusés par une radio locale, tout au long des deux années (1977 – 1978). Il a occupé la fonction du secrétaire général des programmes dans cette radio.

Promoter of festivals and of artistic and cultural events

He was the promoter of the Festival of Theatre and Spectacles in 1983. He has worked in the cadre of Festival of Scholarly Theatre with the organization Alef for three years. Member of jusges in: :*Festival de Quamar d’or – Liban (three consecutive years) :*« Ayyam AlSharja al Masrahya » (Les jours théâtraux de Sharja) – Sharja, UAE, 2005 :*International Festival of University Theatre, Sultan Kabus University, Oman, March 2007.

Academic tasks

:*Director of the department of theatre at the Institute for Fine Art in 2002.

Studies

* Doctorate in Theatrical and Cinematographical Studies (University of Paris VIII, France, 1985).
* Diploma in Drama at "Institut des Beaux-Arts" (Institute of Fine Arts), Lebanese University, 1981 (for two years he also studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at the Faculty of Science before opting for studying drama in 1977).