Two opportunities for discussions and readings by Comédie-Française
actors:
L’histoire du théâtre à la Comédie-Française
François Regnault invites us to a variety of events to learn
about the history of drama from Aeschylus to Beckett, seen from the
perspective of the Comédie-Française.
There will be conversations with personalities, and readings of scenes
and poems by Comédie-Française actors, all revolving around
great inventions or important moments in universal drama.
Saturday 25 October. Talma and the Comédie-Française.
The three “meteors”: Talma between Germaine de Staël
and Napoléon Bonaparte. Conversation with Bruno Villien, author
of Talma, l’acteur favori de Napoléon 1er (Éditions
Pygmalion, 2001).
Saturday 29 November. Autour de la taverne. On secular
medieval drama. Conversation with Charles Méla, professor of
medieval literature at the Université de Genève, and president
of the Bodmer Foundation.
Saturday 21 February. Britannicus by Racine, and productions
of the play at the Comédie-Française. Conversation with
Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman, director of Britannicus.
Saturday 24 April. Autour des précieuses. Conversation
with Myriam Maître, author of a thesis on Les précieuses,
naissance des femmes de lettres en France au XVIIe siècle
(Honoré Champion, 1999).
Saturday 19 June. Chateaubriand and the Comédie-Française.
Conversation with Marc Fumaroli, member of the Académie Française
and professor at the Collège de France, about his work on Chateaubriand.
Le Théâtre de…
This consists of an hour and a half in the company of a personality
from the world of art, sport or politics. The subject matter ranges
from memories being evoked to extracts of texts being read by Comédie-Française
actors. We are invited to discover an ideal and intimate type of theatre.
Saturday 11 October. Daniel Buren, visual artist.
Saturday 13 December. Nathalie Dessay, professional
singer.
Saturday 7 February. Gisèle Casadesus, honorary
shareholding member (Sociétaire) of the Comédie-Française.
Saturday 3 April. Michel Cournot, journalist with Le
Monde.
Saturday 5 June. Pascal Dusapin, composer.
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