Patrick Loubatière

Loubatière in 2009

Patrick Loubatière is a French author, stage director and high school teacher. He notably wrote books and plays based upon Little House on the Prairie.

Career

Plays

He wrote and directed two French stage pieces for Alison Arngrim: Confessions d’une Garce de la Prairie (2006+) and La malle aux trésors de Nellie Oleson (2012+). These comedic, interactive shows are based on the cult series Little House on the Prairie, where Alison Arngrim played the role of Nellie Oleson. Confessions d’une Garce de la Prairie is written completely differently than the original American version, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, which is adult-oriented. In the French version, Patrick Loubatière joins Arngrim on the stage as a comedy duo, and the emphasis is more on a family audience.[1] As for La malle aux trésors de Nellie Oleson (Nellie Oleson’s Treasure Chest), it is a purely French creation. Both shows got rave reviews in the French media.[2]

Loubatière’s book Little House on the Prairie from A to Z accompanies the complete series on DVD. He interviewed the actors on the bonus segments, plus created the trivia quizzes.[3]

Journalist

He is also a prolific television and music journalist. Writer for the Belgian weekly Télépro (among others),[4] he has published interviews with most of the actors on the series Lost, NCIS, The Mentalist, Desperate Housewives, Criminal Minds, Revenge, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, etc. He has also interviewed such TV legends as Larry Hagman, Robert Conrad, Lee Majors, David McCallum, Stefanie Powers, Paul Michael Glaser, Patrick Duffy, Barbara Bain, etc.

Since 2011, he has also written and published a tribute series of books/magazines called Forever.[5] Each number is an exhaustive review of a favorite artist’s career, including exclusive interviews with persons close to the subject, and exclusive pictures. Among the actors and singers honored in these are Michael Landon, Autumn Reeser, Antonio Fargas, Sandra (singer), Karen Grassle, Moses Gunn, Victor French, etc.

Other activities

Loubatière teaches French literature at a Montpellier high school. He also teaches chess and established this program as a degree option[6] A former national chess champion himself at age 14, he no longer competes but has coached his teams to victory in over 20 French and European title competitions.[7] Moreover, he is an activist promoting youth health programs, including anti-smoking[8] and child abuse campaigns.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Succès pour la Première du nouveau spectacle d'Alison Arngrim en France., LeBlogTVNews, 29 May 2012, retrieved 22 June 2013
  2. ↑ "Spectacles Nellie Oleson". Alison-arngrim.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. ↑ "GoodReads".
  4. ↑ "Telepro".
  5. ↑ "Forever Collection".
  6. ↑ Romero, Simon. "The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". Global.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  7. ↑ "Les échecs contre l'échec en classe". Leparisien.fr. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  8. ↑ "Arrêt de la cigarette au lycée - Vidéo" (in French). Ina.fr. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  9. ↑ "Action internationale contre la maltraitance d'enfants". YouTube. 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

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