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In Grignan: and Molière invented the comedy-ballet

2022-06-27T14:37:56.407Z


CRITICAL – For its 35th edition of the Nocturnal Festivals, the Château de la Drôme welcomes, anniversary obliges, Les Fâcheux. An unknown piece transcended by the relevant staging of Julia de Gasquet.


Special envoy to Grignan

Like a dazzling welcome speech, in the lavender gray day that drapes the Château de Grignan, the voiceover of François Marthouret rises.

It is a letter from Jean de La Fontaine to his friend François de Maucroix dated August 22, 1661. It puts us in the bath: “ 

It seems that the Renown Goddess is only made for M. le Superintendant Fouquet.

I will only tell you what happened at Vaux on the 17th of this month: the King, the Queen Mother, Monsieur, Madame, a number of Princes and Lords were there: there was a magnificent supper, an excellent Comedy, a very entertaining Ballet, and a fire (…).

While we were talking about these things, and when we no longer expected anything, we saw in a moment the sky darkened with a terrible cloud of rockets and snakes: should we say darkened or lighted?

It started from the Dome lantern.

It was here that the cloud first broke;

but the storm having ceased, we saw them all...

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Source: lefigaro

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