As part of the "Nights of the Maeght Foundation" and in the theatre built by Jacques Polieri, must be given an anti opera by Roman HAUBENSTOCK after the play of Samuel Beckett "Comedy". Excerpts from the rehearsals of the show, and an interview with the German composer and director who sees in it a caricature of bourgeois society and a critique of the normal opera.
Author and great reader, François BON, loves writers. His library is of vital importance and Samuel Beckett occupies a central place. He explains his admiration for this author and tells his weekly escapades to Editions de Minuit, on Tuesday at 3 pm, for the pleasure of seeing him.
Interview with Jérôme LINDON, Director of Editions de Minuit, publisher and friend of Samuel Beckett, about the Nobel Prize for Literature he has just received. Jérôme LINDON regrets that Samuel Beckett is better known as a theatre man than as a novelist.
Laure ADLER receives the writer Robert PINGET. The latter evokes Samuel Beckett, who was his friend. He describes a man who is erudite, demanding, averse to lying and highly professional.
Interview with choreographer Maguy MARIN who describes his discovery of Samuel Beckett and his relationship to dance. His words are illustrated by backstage images of a makeup session and grimages of the choreographic piece "May be", inspired by Beckett’s work.
Geneviève SERREAU evokes the reactions of the public to the play of Samuel Beckett "En attendant Godot" in which nothing happens. She then explains that Samuel Beckett is "the man of theatre who has influenced the theatre most today".
Geneviève SERREAU tries to talk about the personality of Samuel Beckett, a rather secret character. She then tells the general of her first play, "En attendant Godot". She explains that the play was a success but that the reaction of the audience was very controversial, creating sometimes violent passions.
Pierre DUX speaks on the play "Company" of Samuel Beckett which retraces in a few accounts the life of the author. He also evokes on the character traits of Samuel Beckett.
Roger BLIN expresses himself on the ambivalence found in Samuel Beckett’s work: "the same sentence contains an emotion that embraces and at the same time is delivered by laughter".
Stuart SEIDE evokes the universe of Beckett. He also explains his relation to his mother tongue, as Samuel Beckett did the choice of another language which he describes as "language in which one makes theatre".
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