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Theater: Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota questions our humanity in "Zoo"

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Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota's play, "Zoo", created from the Vercors novel "Les Animaux Dénaturés", is being played at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris until April 15, 2022. © Jean-Louis Fernandez

By: Chantal Lorho Follow

Adapted from the fictional novel by Vercors,

Les Animaux dénaturés

, director Emmanuel Demacry-Mota tackles questions about the origin of humanity.

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In New Guinea, a team of researchers is looking for the famous missing link between monkey and man.

They discover, to their great surprise, a colony of advanced troglodyte monkeys.

While some wonder, others see it as a potential cheap workforce.

Guest:

Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota

, director of the

Théâtre de la Ville

, director of

the play "Zoo"

, adapted from the novel by Vercors which runs until April 15.

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