Rewrite Molière: "George Dandin or the Confused Husband", by Lucie Depauw

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The actors of the Comédie-Française, accompanied by Laurent Mulheisen.

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By: Pascal Paradou

30 mins

Each year, the Drameducation organization organizes a "10 out of 10" writing residency.

The goal is to solicit French-speaking authors from all over the world to rewrite classic theater texts.

Publicity

The Center for Francophone Theater in Poland

Drameducation

, in partnership with the Comédie Française, has commissioned 10 authors to rewrite Molière's plays, according to the criteria of the

10 out of 10 collection

,

i.e.

10-page plays for 10 characters at destination learners of French.

► Today, the second text of the cycle, the play G

eorge Dandin ou le mari confused,

by Lucie Depauw. 

The reading is provided by comedians from the

Comédie Française

: Nicolas Lormeau, Jérôme Pouly, Françoise Gillard, Elissa Alloula and Julien Frison as well as academics Leah Lapiower and Antoine de Foucauld.

Reading directed by Laurent Mulheisen.

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