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Anne Kessler trained with Antoine Vitez at the École du Théâtre national de Chaillot. Often cast in classical repertory at the Comédie-Française, she is equally comfortable in comical, tragic and romantic roles. She has performed in major plays by contemporary authors staged for the Company.
It has to be said that Anne Kessler truly embraces her roles; the characters she passionately plays have become synonymous with her interpretation. She has been Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire directed by Lee Breuer, Angustias in Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba by Lilo Baur, Axioucha in Ostrovsky’s The Forest by Piotr Fomenko, Calérie in Gorki’s Summerfolk by Gérard Desarthe, Marthe in Maurice Maeterlinck’s Intérieur by Nâzim Boudjenah, Mère Ubu in Alfred Jarry’s Ubu roi by Jean-Pierre Vincent in 2009. Jean-Pierre Vincent had previously cast her in the role of Florestine in La Mère coupable by Beaumarchais in 1990. For Arnaud Desplechin, she has been Laura, the captain’s wife in August Strindberg’s The Father. In 2018, she has created the role of C in Poussière written and directed by Lars Norén.
Among the renowned directors who wished to work with her have been: Georges Lavaudant for Lorenzaccio by Musset, Jacques Lassalle for two plays by Goldoni, La Serva amorosa and Il Campiello, as well as for Platonov or Fatherlessness by Chekhov. Her collaboration with Alain Françon on Ibsen’s The Wild Duck would prove to be crucial to her career. They reunited again on the Villegiatura Trilogy by Goldoni and onthe Cherry Orchard by Chekhov. At the request of Guillaume Gallienne, she has been playing in On the Road, also by Chekhov.
Her encounters with certain authors have similarly been of fundamental importance in her career. From the work by Molière, she played Mademoiselle Molière in L’Impromptu de Versailles by Jean-Luc Boutté, Frosine in The Miser (L’Avare) and Angélique in George Dandin by Catherine Hiegel, Mariannein Tartuffe by Dominique Pitoiset, Julie in Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Philippe Adrien. From the work written by Beaumarchais, she played Suzanne in The Marriage of Figaro (Le Mariage de Figaro) by Christophe Rauck, Rosine in The Barber of Seville (Le Barbier de Séville) by Jean-Luc Boutté. And from Feydeau’s opus, she held up the roles of Clothilde Pontagnac in Le Dindon by Lukas Hemleb and Angélique in The Free Exchange Hotel (L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange) by Isabelle Nanty.
To her acting talents, Anne Kessler has added those of director by turning to texts she has found to be moving or shocking. She has directed the actors of the Company in Grief(s), based on texts written by Strindberg, Ibsen and Bergman and adapted by Guy Zilberstein; Trois hommes dans un salon based on an interview with Ferré, Brassens and Brel by François-René Cristiani; La Double Inconstance by Marivaux and La Ronde after Schnitzler. She staged Les Naufragés by Guy Zilberstein in 2015, and played and directed Coupes Sombres by the same author. This show was taken over to play at the Théâtre du Rond-Point. In 2018, she staged a new adaptation of Strindberg’s The Creditors at the Studio-Théâtre. Equally, she is directing the reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Maison de la Radio for the 450th anniversary of the British writer’s birth. In 2012, she directed the student actors of the Comédie-Française’s academy in Thomas Voltelli, a text by Guy Zilberstein at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier.
At the Comédie-Française, Anne Kessler has conceived the mural of Courteline’s Un client sérieux by Nicolas Lormeau and the canvases of Molière Psyché paintedat the request of Véronique Vella. She has also directed a video of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac by Denis Podalydès.
Outside of the Comédie-Française, she has directed Daniel Keyes’ Des fleurs pour Algernon in 2012, which won the Prix du meilleur spectacle privé at the 2013 Palmarès du Théâtre and the 2014 Molière Award for Best One Man Show for Grégory Gadebois.
During the 2018/2019 season, she will been playing in Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny et Alexandre directed by Julie Deliquet and in the rerun of Feydeau’s Free Exchange Hotel directed by Isabelle Nanty. She will also have her Paradoxe(s) Être ensemble et soi-même, dans un même temps, un même lieu, une même entité. Her Grenier des acteurs will be dedicated to Marquis de Sade.
Created and directed by Serge Bagdassarian and Marina Hands
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ON TOUR / Singulis — Ex-traits de femmes
devised and performed by Anne Kessler
On tour
after Annie Ernaux adapted by and directed by Silvia Costa
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artistic director Amélie Wendling
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La Fausse suivante ou le Fourbe puni
Marivaux artistic director Claire de La Rüe du Can
la Comtesse
by Marcel Proust Adapted and directed by Christophe Honoré
la Comtesse de Marsantes
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After George Sand Adapted by Laurent Delvert et Aurélien Hamard-Padis Directed by...
Settimia, mère d'Astolphe
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Singulis / Ex-traits de femmes
devised and performed by Anne Kessler
Sganarelle ou le Cocu imaginaire
by Molière artistic direction by Thierry Hancisse
la suivante de Célie et un parent de Sganarelle
d'Ingmar Bergman Mise en scène Julie Deliquet
Henrietta Vergerus, soeur d’Edvard
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Spectacle musical conçu et mis en scène par Serge Bagdassarian et Marina Hands
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Musical devised and directed by Serge Bagdassarian and Marina Hands
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d'après Marcel Proust Adaptation et mise en scène Christophe Honoré
la Comtesse de Marsantes
Théâtre Marigny
Anne Kessler / Marquis de Sade
The Actors’ Attic
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The Free Exchange Hotel by Georges Feydeau Directed by Isabelle Nanty
Angélique, femme de Pinglet
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Portrait d'acteur : Anne Kessler
PARADOXE(S) Being together and being oneself, at one time, in one place, in one entity
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Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman Directed by Julie Deliquet
Henrietta Vergerus, soeur d’Edvard
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SPECIAL DAYS / Once upon a time at the Comédie-Française: The Théâtre aux armées
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by Lars Norén Directed by Lars Norén
C
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The Free Exchange Hotel by Georges Feydeau Directed by Isabelle Nanty
Angélique, femme de Pinglet
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The Free Exchange Hotel by Georges Feydeau Directed by Isabelle Nanty
Angélique, femme de Pinglet
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Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
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Interior by Maurice Maeterlinck Directed by Nâzim Boudjenah
Marthe
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The Father by August Strindberg Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Laura, la femme du capitaine
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Le grand XXe / Cent ans de poésie
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Anne Kessler / Guy de Maupassant
The Actors’ Attic
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Readings of contemporary authors
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by Federico García Lorca Directed by Lilo Baur
Angustias
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The Father by August Strindberg Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Laura, la femme du capitaine
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by Federico García Lorca Directed by Lilo Baur
Angustias
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Dark Cuts by Guy Zilberstein Directed by Anne Kessler
The Director
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The Summer Folk by Maxime Gorki Directed by Gérard Desarthe
Calérie – sœur de Bassov
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Dark Cuts by Guy Zilberstein Directed by Anne Kessler
The Director
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Actor School
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by Jean de la Fontaine Reading directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
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La Trilogie de la villégiature
The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon
Vittoria
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le tire-laine, la duègne, cadet, une sœur, Mère Marguerite (en alternance)
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Reading
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Frosine
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Carte Blanche
The Director
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Readings of contemporary authors
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Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée
The Marriage of Figaro or The Mad Day by Beaumarchais Directed by Christophe Rauck
Suzanne
Théâtre éphémère
La Trilogie de la villégiature
The Holiday Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon
Vittoria
Théâtre éphémère
Readings of contemporary authors
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by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Mère Ubu
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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Directed by Lee Breuer
Blanche DuBois
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Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée
The Marriage of Figaro or The Mad Day by Beaumarchais Directed by Christophe Rauck
Suzanne
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Tire-laine, la duègne, cadet, une soeur (en alternance)
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by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Mère Ubu
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by Georges Feydeau Directed by Gian Manuel Rau
Henriette (Fiancés en herbe), Yvonne (Feu la mère de Madame)
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by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Gasparina, jeune fille à la prononciation affectée
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by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Mère Ubu
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A Matter of Dispute by Marivaux Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Eglé.
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le tire-laine, la duègne, cadet, une soeur (en alternance)
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Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée
The Marriage of Figaro or The Mad Day by Beaumarchais Directed by Christophe Rauck
Suzanne
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le tire-laine, la duègne, cadet, une sœur (en alternance)
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Readings of contemporary authors
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Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée
The Marriage of Figaro or The Mad Day by Beaumarchais Directed by Christophe Rauck
Suzanne
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Guillaume Gallienne
Maria Iégorovna Bortsova
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by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Gasparina, jeune fille à la prononciation affectée
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The Bacchantes by Euripide Directed by André Wilms
le Choeur
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by Alexandre Ostrovski Directed by Piotr Fomenko
Axioucha
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Platonov ou le Fléau de l'absence de...
by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Maria Efimovna Grékova
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The Bacchantes by Euripide Directed by André Wilms
le Choeur
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Le Mystère de la rue Rousselet
by Eugène Labiche Directed by Thierry de Peretti
Agathe
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The Winter Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Paulina
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by Georges Feydeau Directed by Lukas Hemleb
Clotilde Pontagnac
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by Alexandre Ostrovski Directed by Piotr Fomenko
Axioucha
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by George Tabori Directed by Jacques Connort
Ruth
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Le Langue-à-langue des chiens de roche
by Daniel Danis Directed by Michel Didym
Joëlle
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by Molière Directed by Philippe Adrien
Julie
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by Laurent Gaudé Directed by Michel Favory
Korée
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by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Angélique
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by Petter S. Rosenlund Directed by Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
Sylvia
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by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Directed by Philippe Adrien
Anna
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Ania
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by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Angélique
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Ania
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by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Ania
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by Eugène Labiche Directed by Jean-Louis Benoit
Thérèse
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by Roland Dubillard Directed by Pierre Vial
Germaine
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by Jean Racine Directed by Yannis Kokkos
Antigone
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by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Rosaura
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by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Alain Françon
Hedvig
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The Versailles Impromptu by Molière Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Miss Molière (alternating)
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by Eugène Labiche Directed by Jiri Menzel
Bathilde Bartavelle
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by Eugène Labiche Directed by Jiri Menzel
Bathilde Bartavelle
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The Versailles Impromptu by Molière Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Miss Molière (alternating)
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by Victor Hugo Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Mme de Cossé
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by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Rosaura
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Rosine
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Florestine
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jean-Luc Boutté
Rosine
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by Alfred de Musset Directed by Georges Lavaudant
Louise Strozzi
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by Beaumarchais Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Florestine
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by Alfred de Musset Directed by Georges Lavaudant
Louise Strozzi
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by William Congreve Directed by André Steiger
Prudence
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by William Congreve Directed by André Steiger
Prudence
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La Comédie-Française lance la troisième édition du Salon des métiers du spectacle vivant en visioconférence ! La Comédie-Française est une véritable ruche de près de 80 métiers exercés par 450 personnes qui fabriquent chaque élément des 25 spectacles qu’elle présente chaque saison. Venez les découvrir !
En raison du renforcement des mesures de sécurité dans le cadre du plan Vigipirate « Urgence attentat », nous vous demandons de vous présenter 30 minutes avant le début de la représentation afin de faciliter le contrôle.
Nous vous rappelons également qu’un seul sac (de type sac à main, petit sac à dos) par personne est admis dans l’enceinte des trois théâtres de la Comédie-Française. Tout spectateur se présentant muni d’autres sacs (sac de courses, bagage) ou objets encombrants, se verra interdire l’entrée des bâtiments.