Roger Blin

Biography

Roger Blin was a French actor and director who forged a career in theatre despite his father's wishes. He was part of the left-wing collectives The Company of Five and The October Group, serving as Antonin Artaud's assistant director in 1935. Blin directed the world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957, forming a lasting artistic connection with both artists and Jean Genet.