Théâtre National de Bretagne
Direction Arthur Nauzyciel

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SPECTACLES

23 nov
— 26 nov 2022

LA RONDE

ARTHUR SCHNITZLER / ARTHUR NAUZYCIEL

Festival TNB

Création

Coproduction

Probing the nature of our desires, Arthur Schnitzler holds an unforgiving mirror to the pretences that separate men and women. 

10 scenes, 10 encounters: time enough to seduce, make love, and leave each other. Published in 1903, La Ronde was an immense literary success for its author — and caused a scandal. Initially censored in 1904, the play was later the pretext for such an outpouring of anti-Semitic abuse that the author himself withdrew it from production. Often treated as a light-hearted satire, the play reveals how the intimacy of the bedroom is a matter of class politics. Anchoring his staging in the 1930s against a backdrop of rising fascism, director Arthur Nauzyciel unfolds the piece in a state between reality and dreaming to evoke a moment of generational upheaval. As one world fades, another appears — unknown and disturbing.

 

Created in the Czech Republic, this show brings together 10 performers from the National Theatre of Prague, faithful artistic collaborators of Arthur Nauzyciel and the choreographer Phia Ménard for the first time. It builds on two previous productions by Arthur Nauzyciel: Place des Héros by Thomas Bernhard (Comédie-Française, 2004) and La Dame aux camélias adapted from Alexandre Dumas fils (TNB, 2018

CREDITS

Script
ARTHUR SCHNITZLER
Translation
PAVEL NOVOTNÝ
Stage direction
ARTHUR NAUZYCIEL
Dramaturgy
MARTA LJUBKOVÁ
Choreography
PHIA MÉNARD
Assistant choreography
ANDREA OPAVSKÁ
Set design
RICCARDO HERNÁNDEZ
Sound
XAVIER JACQUOT
Light design
SCOTT ZIELINSKI
Costumes
MAREK CPIN

 

With actresses and actors from the National Theater in Prague
JINDŘIŠKA DUDZIAKOVÁ
VLADIMÍR JAVORSKÝ
ŠIMON KRUPA
VERONIKA LAZORČÁKOVÁ
DAVID MATÁSEK
ROBERT MIKLUŠ
GABRIELA MIKULKOVÁ
JANA PIDRMANOVÁ
PAVLÍNA ŠTORKOVÁ
PETR VANČURA

 

Production : Národní Divadlo / Théâtre National de Prague

Coproduction : Théâtre National de Bretagne