La Tempête

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
French adaptation by Jean-Claude Carrière
Directed by Robert Carsen

Richelieu

9 December 2017 - 21 May 2018

Richelieu

La Tempête

2017-12-09 20:30:00 2018-05-21 20:30:00

Robert Carsen is an internationally known director and great connoisseur of Shakespeare’s work, which he has worked on in the opera many times. This staging of The Tempest will mark his first collaboration with the Troupe and his first time directing a theatre production in France.

This creator of images of an inspired beauty, also renowned for his direction of actors and the dramaturgical quality of his intentions, is taking on this play that has a special status in the Shakespearian repertoire. This “weaving of materials of incredible richness” that has always fascinated him, appeals above all to the imagination, drawing on a constant interplay of the real and the unreal.
In this text on power –political power but also power of thought– every moment and every word overturns our certainties. It opens on the tempest caused by Prospero, and with it, the shipwreck of his brother who has usurped his kingdom. The latter is marooned with his companions of misfortune on the island where the exile has lived for twelve years with his daughter Miranda and two spirits obliged to serve him, but who also seek their freedom: Ariel and Caliban. The storm that rages, especially in Prospero’s soul, will constantly erupt throughout the five acts, comments Robert Carsen. For the duration of the performance, the Salle Richelieu will transform itself into this island, a magical lair, a mental and psychological space he orchestrates while assuring us that “we are such stuff as dreams are made on.”

Creative team

Staging: Robert Carsen
Scenography: Radu Boruzescu
Costumes: Petra Reinhardt
Lights: Robert Carsen et Peter Van Praet
Video: Will Duke
Sounds: Léonard Françon
Dramaturgy: Ian Burton
Staging collaboration: Christophe Gayral
Scenography assistant: Philippine Ordinaire

Distribution

the company

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    Thierry
    Hancisse

    Alonso, roi de Naples

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  • 14-jeromepouly-push

    Jérôme
    Pouly

    Stephano, majordome ivrogne

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    Michel
    Vuillermoz

    Prospero, duc légitime de Milan

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    Elsa
    Lepoivre

    Iris, Cérès, Junon, déesses

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  • sl-loi-ec-corbery-23

    Loïc
    Corbery

    Ferdinand, fils du roi de Naples

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  • sl-serge-bagdassarian-10

    Serge
    Bagdassarian

    Antonio, duc usurpateur de Milan, frère de Prospero

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  • 63-hervepierre-push

    Hervé
    Pierre

    Trinculo, bouffon

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  • sl-gilles-david-22

    Gilles
    David

    Gonzalo, vieux conseiller honnête

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    Stéphane
    Varupenne

    Caliban, sauvage asservi par Prospero

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    Georgia
    Scalliet

    Miranda, fille de Prospero

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  • sl-benjamin-lavernhe-36

    Benjamin
    Lavernhe

    Sebastian, frère d’Alonso (en alternance)

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  • sl-noam-morgensztern-26

    Noam
    Morgensztern

    Sebastian, frère d’Alonso (en alternance)

    See biography
  • sl-christophe-montenez-6

    Christophe
    Montenez

    Ariel, esprit des airs

    See biography

The Comédie-Française Academy

  • push-academie1718-matthieuastre

    Matthieu
    Astre

    Gentilhomme

  • push-academie1718-robingoupil

    Robin
    Goupil

    Gentilhomme

  • push-academie1718-alexandreshorderet

    Alexandre
    Schorderet

    Gentilhomme

Avec la participation d’Elsa Lepoivre dans le film.

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JANVIER - JUILLET 2026

La Salle Richelieu fermant pour des travaux le 15 janvier (rénovation de la scène et mise aux normes du bâtiment), la Troupe se produira dès le 14 janvier dans 11 lieux à Paris et à Nanterre.

Outre ses deux salles permanentes, le Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier et le Studio-Théâtre, elle aura pour point fixe le Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin et le Petit Saint-Martin et sera présente dans des lieux partenaires : le Théâtre du Rond-Point, l’Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe, le Théâtre Montparnasse, le Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, le 13e art, La Villette-Grande Halle et le Théâtre du Châtelet.

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