Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis
- Author: Pommeart, J.
- Title: Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis
- Published: 2016
- Winner 2016 Molières 2016 (French Theater Oscars…)
- Category: public theater
- Plot: first days of French Revolution, establishing Assemblée Nationale
- Strong point: theater’s power to explore the past
- Strong point: good historical understanding about the struggle for a functioning of a democracy.
- Unique: only 2 historical figures, King LXVI and his queen
- Direction: all bloody riots, storming Bastille etc….happen in the coulissen
- Cast: voices of ordinary people classes: Nobels, Church and Third Estate
Conclusion:
- Easy to read in French, hoping it will be translated into English
- Despite the fact we know how this chapter in history turns out,
- Pommerat has written snappy, concise dialogue that keep you reading!
- Tone: Pommerat grabs the reader with an edgy tone.
- You forget this is a historical event
- It feels like a local ‘frenetic and heated’ discussion that
- happens everywhere in business, press conferences
- ….even election campaign trails.
- Sometimes you have to duck the ‘mud-slinging’!
- Bravo…the play deserves the Molière 2016!
Sounds good. We are currently hooked on Louis XIV in TV series Versailles and it’s the same sort of feel – you frequently have to remind yourself this is historical event ( well some of it is!!)
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I saw Versailles in our TV booklet…but missed the first few episodes. I should watch it ….but cannot find ‘missed tv show’ on BBC that I can watch in NL.
‘Video not available in your country!”…Bah. PS: Dilemma for Danny Blind (Man U)…his hear is with the Dutch, he is a ‘child of Ajax’…but not in the 24th!
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And think Van Der Saar might have similar dilemma but other way round!
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Oh, that’s right …I completely forgot about Van der Saar!! Dillemma’s all around!
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