Depuis les années mille neuf cent soixante-dix, l'autobiographie littéraire ne cesse de susciter un intérêt croissant et les travaux critiques à son sujet sont actuellement nombreux. Cependant, aucune étude théorique exhaustive sur l'autobiographie uniquement théâtrale n'existe à ce jour. Face à cet écart flagrant entre la pratique existante et la théorie manquante, il semble nécessaire d'apporter une contribution à la théorisation et à la classification de cette catégorie problématique. La présente thèse, dont le titre se réfère à l'ouvrage charnière de Philippe Lejeune Pour l'autobiographie, s'interroge dans un premier temps sur la crise des genres (autobiographique et théâtral) afin d'analyser l'histoire et la genèse de l'autobiographie dramatico-théâtrale à partir du Drame de la vie de Restif de la Bretonne. Cette recherche se doit cependant non seulement de défendre un genre déprisé, mais également de plaider pour son existence.Étant donné l'essor du théâtre autobiographique après la Seconde Guerre mondiale (dont l'Histoire générale ne cesse de contaminer l'histoire intime des autobiographes en question), ce travail porte sur l'insertion de l'autobiographie dans les drames et les spectacles européens de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Les exemples choisis mettent en lumière les créateurs investis entièrement dans la mise en espace de leur propre histoire : de l'écriture, en passant par la scénographie et la mise en scène, jusqu'au jeu et / ou présence scénique. Les critères de sélection des œuvres du corpus (six cas d'études principaux : Anouilh, Duras, Grumberg, Ionesco, Kantor, Różewicz) portent sur le rapport direct des écrivains dramatiques à la conception du spectacle vivant, et soulèvent par là la question de la création totale, de la transformation des genres, de l'(ir)représentabilité de l'autobiographie sur scène et de la (re)construction de soi et de son passé par le biais d'un spectacle théâtral. Le dialogue constant entre l'histoire personnelle de l'auteur (autobiographie mise en forme) et l'Histoire générale (mémoires subjectivisés) constituera donc le motif privilégié de cette étude.Cette étude a ainsi pour vocation d'apporter non seulement une contribution à la définition et à l'évolution du théâtre autobiographique, en démontrant les spécificités et les caractéristiques communes des œuvres théâtrales de soi, mais aussi – ou avant tout – d'identifier ce que le théâtre apporte au genre autobiographique et par quel(s) moyen(s) il permet de le renouveler. Le cheminement proposé permet d'observer la genèse et l'évolution du théâtre autobiographique dans lequel la matérialité de la scène occupe une place grandissante : l'histoire du genre dans la première partie, la réécriture d'une autobiographie en prose en une pièce dramatique (par Duras et Ionesco) mise en scène par un artiste associé et accompagné dans la seconde partie, la participation active de l'autobiographe à la mise en scène collective de sa pièce intime (Anouilh, Grumberg) dans la troisième partie, la déconstruction du texte dramatique préexistant cédant le premier rôle au plateau (Różewicz, Kantor, Podehl) dans la quatrième partie. C'est ainsi que le mélange de l'onirisme et de la plasticité (Mądzik, Znorko) constitue en quelque sorte l'aboutissement de cette forme d'expression de soi et permet de saisir au mieux l'essence-même du théâtre autobiographique qui ne doit plus raconter la vie de l'autobiographe, mais la recréer dans l'espace. / Since the Seventies of the twentieth century literary autobiography has been arousing deep interest among the researchers and a plethora of critical works have been written on the issue. Yet to this day there is no comprehensive resarch work on the subject. In consideration of a surprising discrepancy between the existing theatre practice and the missing theory, theorisation and classification of this problematic category seems indispensable. This doctoral thesis, the title of which refers to the work of Philippe Lejeune entitled « Pro the autobiography », sees the crisis of forms (the dramatic and theatre forms) and literary genres (the autobiographical genre) a reason for the genesis of dramatic-theatrical autobiography, the story of which will be followed starting with Restif de La Bretonne's « The life's play ».Taking into consideration the development of the autobiographical theatre after the Second World War (the general history of which influenced formation of the intimate history of the autobiographical authors subjected to analysis), the present thesis takes on the task of analysis of the relationship between autobiography and the European theatre of the second half of twentieth century. The selected works present the profiles of dramatic authors fully dedicated to staging the story of their lives : starting with the process of writing a play, through stage design and stage direction to acting or/and stage presence. The selection criteria regarding the analysed works (the six principal playwrights being Anouilh, Duras, Grumberg, Ionesco, Kantor, Różewicz) are based on the direct relationship between the dramatic writers and a theatre performance and take up the issues of total creation, form-genre metamorphosis of works situated on the border between (auto)biography, historical memoirs and diary as well as the possibility of staging the autobiography and reconstruction of one's self and one's past through the medium of a performance.The aim of this treatise is not only presentation of theorisation and periodisation of the autobiographical theatre through distinction of the specifics of each of the analysed works and pointing out the common features but also presenting the elements the theatre introduces to the autobiographical genre and the way it enables its renewal. The suggested way of subject presentation allows to follow the development of the autobiographical theatre where the stage materiality plays increasingly significant role : the first part is dedicated to the analysis of the genre history, while the second one – to the issue of transcribing and transforming the autobiographical prose into a stage play (based on the example of Duras and Ionesco) directed by a thrid party in presence of the author, the third one – to the issue of active participation of the author in the process of collective staging of his autobiographical work (based on the example of Anouilh and Grumberg), the fourth one – to the issue of deconstruction of a dramatic text giving way to the theatre stage (the theatre of Różewicz, Kantor, Podehl). Thus the symbiosis of onirism and graphicality (the visual theatre of Mądzik or Znorko) becomes in a way the crowning of this form of personal statement and allows to capture the essence of autobiographical theatre the aim of which is not telling life but its reconstruction in the space. / Since the Seventies of the twentieth century literary autobiography has been arousing deep interest among the researchers and a plethora of critical works have been written on the issue. Yet to this day there is no comprehensive resarch work on the subject. In consideration of a surprising discrepancy between the existing theatre practice and the missing theory, theorisation and classification of this problematic category seems indispensable. This doctoral thesis, the title of which refers to the work of Philippe Lejeune entitled « Pro the autobiography », sees the crisis of forms (the dramatic and theatre forms) and literary genres (the autobiographical genre) a reason for the genesis of dramatic-theatrical autobiography, the story of which will be followed starting with Restif de La Bretonne’s « The life’s play ».Taking into consideration the development of the autobiographical theatre after the Second World War (the general history of which influenced formation of the intimate history of the autobiographical authors subjected to analysis), the present thesis takes on the task of analysis of the relationship between autobiography and the European theatre of the second half of twentieth century. The selected works present the profiles of dramatic authors fully dedicated to staging the story of their lives : starting with the process of writing a play, through stage design and stage direction to acting or/and stage presence. The selection criteria regarding the analysed works (the six principal playwrights being Anouilh, Duras, Grumberg, Ionesco, Kantor, Różewicz) are based on the direct relationship between the dramatic writers and a theatre performance and take up the issues of total creation, form-genre metamorphosis of works situated on the border between (auto)biography, historical memoirs and diary as well as the possibility of staging the autobiography and reconstruction of one’s self and one’s past through the medium of a performance.The aim of this treatise is not only presentation of theorisation and periodisation of the autobiographical theatre through distinction of the specifics of each of the analysed works and pointing out the common features but also presenting the elements the theatre introduces to the autobiographical genre and the way it enables its renewal. The suggested way of subject presentation allows to follow the development of the autobiographical theatre where the stage materiality plays increasingly significant role : the first part is dedicated to the analysis of the genre history, while the second one – to the issue of transcribing and transforming the autobiographical prose into a stage play (based on the example of Duras and Ionesco) directed by a thrid party in presence of the author, the third one – to the issue of active participation of the author in the process of collective staging of his autobiographical work (based on the example of Anouilh and Grumberg), the fourth one – to the issue of deconstruction of a dramatic text giving way to the theatre stage (the theatre of Różewicz, Kantor, Podehl). Thus the symbiosis of onirism and graphicality (the visual theatre of Mądzik or Znorko) becomes in a way the crowning of this form of personal statement and allows to capture the essence of autobiographical theatre the aim of which is not telling life but its reconstruction in the space.