Twilight of the Apes
, what a strange title, isn't it?
In
Molière's Le Roman de monsieur
, Mikhaïl Bulgakov writes that in the 17th century, on the facade of a house at the intersection of Rue Saint-Honoré and Rue des Vieilles-Étuves, carved wood depicted orange trees on which "
little monkeys were going to pick the fruit
".
It was in this pavilion that Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was born.
Three centuries separate Bulgakov from Molière and yet history repeats itself diabolically.
It is the destinies of these two writers that intertwine in the play by Alison Cosson and Louise Vignaud.
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The latter also signs the remarkable staging.
The setting: a modest apartment in 1930s Russia. Bulgakov (Pierre Louis-Calixte) sings and dances with his wife Elena (Coraly Zahonero).
Soon Comrade Voroshilov, a member of the Commission (Thierry Hancisse), tells him that his plays will no longer be performed.
Land then - is it a hallucination?
- three…
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