Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis

• Author:  Pommeart, J.
• Title:   Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis
• Published:  2016

 

1. Winner 2016 Molières 2016 (French Theater Oscars…)
2. Category: public theater
3. Plot: first days of French Revolution, establishing Assemblée Nationale
4. Strong point: theater’s power to explore the past
5. Strong point: good historical understanding about the struggle for a functioning of a democracy.
6. Unique: only 2 historical figures, King LXVI and his queen
7. Direction: all bloody riots, storming Bastille etc….happen in the coulissen
8. Cast: voices of ordinary people classes: Nobels, Church and Third Estate

 

Conclusion:

1. Easy to read in French, hoping it will be translated into English
2. Despite the fact we know how this chapter in history turns out,
3. Pommerat has written snappy, concise dialogue that keep you reading!
4. Tone: Pommerat grabs the reader with an edgy tone.
5. You forget this is a historical event
6. It feels like a  local ‘frenetic and heated’ discussion that
7. happens everywhere in business, press conferences
8. ….even election campaign trails.
9. Sometimes you have to duck the ‘mud-slinging’!
10. Bravo…the play deserves the Molière 2016!