The Cultural Services of the French Embassy is proud to announce the publication of :
FRENCH THEATRE TODAY: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK, PARIS, AND AVIGNON,
by Edward Baron Turk, Professor of French and Humanities at MIT
(link on the name of Edward Baron Turk to access his bio)
http://www.uiowapress.org/people/edward-baron-turk
The illustrated book, published by the University of Iowa Press, is aimed at a general audience and covers major trends in French theatre during the first decade of the twenty-first century. Highlighting artists as diverse as Ariane Mnouchkine and Patrice Chéreau, Joël Pommerat and Noëlle Renaude, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt and Yasmina Reza, Pascal Rambert and Philippe Quesne, and Koffi Kwahulé and Marie NDiaye, it also offers in-depth treatment of recent productions by Olivier Py, Valère Novarina, and Michel Vinaver.
Distribution and purchase through uiowapress.org, or amazon.com, or by phone: 1-800-621-2736.
http://www.uiowapress.org/books/2011-spring/french-theatre-today.htm
Enjoy reading!
Credit:
L'ESPACE FURIEUX by Valère Novarina (Comedie Française - Salle Richelieu production).
The accordionist / Actor: Daniel Znyk. Actress: Catherine Salviat.
Photo by Thierry Gründler
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