SHORT TAKES : New Comedie Francaise Head
<i> From Times wire services</i>
PARIS —
Veteran actor and stage director Jacques Lassalle has been named to head the prestigious French theater company Comedie Francaise.
He succeeds Antoine Vitez, who died in April. The appointment was announced Wednesday.
Lassalle, who turns 54 this week, has directed the National Theater of Strasbourg since 1983.
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