From 1900 to 1904, Cocteau attended the Lycée Condorcet where he met and began a relationship with schoolmate Pierre Dargelos, who would reappear throughout Cocteau's oeuvre.
From 1900 to 1904, Cocteau attended the Lycée Condorcet where he met and began a relationship with schoolmate Pierre Dargelos, who would reappear throughout Cocteau's oeuvre.
In 1912, he collaborated with Léon Bakst on Le Dieu bleu for the Ballets Russes; the principal dancers being Tamara Karsavina and Vaslav Nijinsky.
Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev persuaded Cocteau to write a scenario for a ballet, which resulted in Parade in 1917.
The popularity was due in no small measure to the presence of Cocteau and his friends. ===Friendship with Raymond Radiguet=== In 1918 he met the French poet Raymond Radiguet.
Cocteau himself was aware of this perception, and worked earnestly to dispel the notion that their relationship was sexual in nature. There is disagreement over Cocteau's reaction to Radiguet's sudden death in 1923, with some claiming that it left him stunned, despondent and prey to opium addiction.
He again returned to the Church later in life and undertook a number of religious art projects. ===Further works=== On 15 June 1926 Cocteau's play Orphée was staged in Paris.
Cocteau wrote the libretto for Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex, which had its original performance in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on 30 May 1927.
He was the author of the mildly homoerotic and semi-autobiographical Le livre blanc (translated as The White Paper or The White Book), published anonymously in 1928.
In , he recounts the experience of his recovery from opium addiction in 1929.
In 1929 one of his most celebrated and well known works, the novel Les Enfants terribles was published. In 1930 Cocteau made his first film The Blood of a Poet, publicly shown in 1932.
In 1929 one of his most celebrated and well known works, the novel Les Enfants terribles was published. In 1930 Cocteau made his first film The Blood of a Poet, publicly shown in 1932.
Although this is one of Cocteau's best known works, his 1930s are notable rather for a number of stage plays, above all La Voix humaine and Les Parents terribles, which was a popular success.
In 1929 one of his most celebrated and well known works, the novel Les Enfants terribles was published. In 1930 Cocteau made his first film The Blood of a Poet, publicly shown in 1932.
His 1934 play La Machine infernale was Cocteau's stage version of the Oedipus legend and is considered to be his greatest work for the theater.
This piece caused him to be arraigned on charges of collaboration after the war, though he was cleared of any wrongdoing and had used his contacts to his failed attempt to save friends such as Max Jacob. In 1940, Le Bel Indifférent, Cocteau's play written for and starring Édith Piaf (who died the day before Cocteau), was enormously successful. ===Later years=== Cocteau's later years are mostly associated with his films.
Cocteau effusively praised Breker's sculptures in an article entitled 'Salut à Breker' published in 1942.
The maquette is described in his "Journal 1942–1945," in his entry for 12 February 1945: In 1956 Cocteau decorated the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer with mural paintings.
His final film, Le Testament d'Orphée (The Testament of Orpheus) (1960), featured appearances by Picasso and matador Luis Miguel Dominguín, along with Yul Brynner, who also helped finance the film. In 1945 Cocteau was one of several designers who created sets for the Théâtre de la Mode.
The maquette is described in his "Journal 1942–1945," in his entry for 12 February 1945: In 1956 Cocteau decorated the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer with mural paintings.
In 1947 Paul Morihien published a clandestine edition of Querelle de Brest by Jean Genet, featuring 29 very explicit erotic drawings by Cocteau.
The maquette is described in his "Journal 1942–1945," in his entry for 12 February 1945: In 1956 Cocteau decorated the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer with mural paintings.
Actually, according to author Roger Peyrefitte, since early that year Cocteau had been devastated after a breach with his longtime friend and extremely wealthy and generous patroness Francine Weisweiller: since 1960 she was having an affair with a minor writer, which cooled her off towards Cocteau.
Cocteau cast Marais in The Eternal Return (1943), Beauty and the Beast (1946), Ruy Blas (1947), and Orpheus (1949). ===Death=== Cocteau died of a heart attack at his château in Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France, on 11 October 1963 at the age of 74.
Éditions Gallimard, 2006.
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