ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

André Antoine (actor)

André Antoine was a man who pretended to be different characters in plays and movies. He was like a grown-up who likes to play make-believe! People would go to a special place called a theater to watch him and other actors act out stories on stage.

André Antoine was a special kind of actor because he didn't just act - sometimes he would also direct the whole play. It's like he was the boss of everyone else who was pretending to be different characters in the story.

People really liked to watch André Antoine on stage because he was very good at making them believe that he was someone else. They even gave him special awards, called prizes, for being such a good actor and director.

And that's who André Antoine was - a man who loved to play make-believe on stage and was really good at it!