Dimitris Rontiris was a Greek

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 actor

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 and director.

Biography

Rotiris began at a military school in which he left with grace for studying law at the University of Athens. The theatrical of his course began in 1919 as an actor. Later on, he went to Austria

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 where he learned theatre, art history and ancient Greek philosophy. He later moved on to Berlin

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 where he met the famous director Reinhardt. He returned to Greece

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 and appointed in 1933 director of the Royal Theatre

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 other than the Odeio Theatre where he appeared first as a director, with the musical drama by Kalomiri To daktili tis manas (Το δαχτυλίδι της μάνας "Mother's Ring"). He later became a director at the National Theatre

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 from 1946 until 1950 and from 1953 until 1955. He ran the Greek Scene (Ελληνική Σκηνή Elliniki Skini) and at the Piraeus Theatre in 1957, where he headlined several periodicals in many countries across Europe

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, North

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 and South

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 America

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 and Asia

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, he presented himself several theatrical shows.

He directed many works related with the Classical world

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 and modern ones including eleven Shakespeare

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 works and other ancient tragedies. His staging was Electra and Hamlet

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where he run at the Royal Theatre in 1932 in England

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 and Germany

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. He later played the Aeschylus

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' trilogy at the Herodes Atticus Odeum in 1949 presented by the political head of the country.