Paul Porel
Illustration — Porel, 1875 Paul Porel, né Désiré Paul Parfouru (25 October 1843 – 4 August 1917), was a French actor, director and theatre manager. He was for many years closely associated with the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, where he was first an actor, and then stage director, and, from December 1884 to May 1892, general director. The Odéon was at that time ranked as the second French theatre, after the Comédie Française.
Paul Porel
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- Full name
- Paul Désiré Parfouru.
- Born
- 1843. · Saint-Lô.
- Died
- 1917. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- actor, theatre manager and director.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Porel, 1875 Paul Porel, né Désiré Paul Parfouru (25 October 1843 – 4 August 1917), was a French actor, director and theatre manager. He was for many years closely associated with the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, where he was first an actor, and then stage director, and, from December 1884 to May 1892, general director. The Odéon was at that time ranked as the second French theatre, after the Comédie Française.
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Recorded at birth as Paul Désiré Parfouru. Born at Saint-Lô in 1843, died in Paris in 1917.
The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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