Abdelmajid Lakhal (November 29, 1939 – September 27, 2014)[1][2] was a Tunisian theatre and film actor and theatre director. He was considered to be a professional and versatile interpreter. Recently, he performed classical pieces (Carlo Goldoni, Anton Chekhov) translated into Arabic, at the Municipal theatre of Tunis, which were well received.[3] He was known on Arab Television for acting in many telefilms.[4][5]
Abdelmajid Lakhal
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Lakhal in 2004
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| Born | (1939-11-29)29 November 1939
Bizerte, Tunisia
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| Died | 27 September 2014(2014-09-27) (aged 74)
Tunis, Tunisia
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1948 - 2014 |
| Awards | Best Actor Award (Arab Television Festival) - 1983 |
Born in Bizerte on November 29, 1939, Lakhal lived with his family at Hammam-Lif. He performed his first role at 9 years old in 1948 in 'Khātimat al-naffāf' (The end of a morphine addict).
He says that the passion for theatre took him "...totally when he was 16 years old....". He joined the students 'Group Jeunes Comédiens', at Hammam-Lif.
In 1960 he was a student at the National Theatre of Music and Dance ofTunis.
In 1965 he directed Molière's Georges Dandin with the al-Nuhūd Group of Tunis.
From 1966-1967 he played Flaminio from Robert Merle, Yerma from Federico García Lorca, and the Marshall from Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
For the 1968 adaptation of Hamlet in the town of Hammamet, Tunisia, Lakhal was assistant director to Alì Ben Ayed. In 1971 he made his debut as a professional director with '8 Ladies' by Robert Thomas.
In 1974 he directed The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare), and in 1982 he played Magid in 'La Noce' (Luce Berthommé [fr]), which was performed again at the Théâtre du Lucernaire in Paris. He worked at the creation of 'Jafabule' (Christian Le Guillochet).
He also organized tours and directed the Group of the Theatre de Tunis, which has worked three times in the 'Théâtre de la Ville' (Paris), and also in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Vienna, Egypt, and Lebanon.[6]
The television programs, in Tunisia started in 1966.