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Theater: French play at Harvard

What: Le Siège de Calais (1765) by Pierre-Laurent de Belloy

Two performances: SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017, 6:00 PM at Barker Center – Thompson Rm, 12, Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

and  MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017, 7:30 PM at Farkas Hall – Studio, 12, Holyoke Street, Cambridge, MA

The event is free, with tickets available at the door

For more information, contact Sylvaine Guyot: guyot@fas.harvard.edu

[source: FR17-L listserv]

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Library of Congress resource

"Here's a blog post for #NationalLibraryWeek - featuring the somewhat neglected Toinet Collection of 17th-century French books at The Library of Congress."

For more information: https://anecdota.princeton.edu/archives/265

[Source: Seventeenth-Century French Studies Facebook page via Volker Schroder]

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17th Cent in the News: Interview with Holly Tucker

http://pictorial.jezebel.com/paris-was-a-great-place-to-get-poisoned-in-...

[source: Seventeenth-Century French Studies Facebook page via Chloe Hogg]

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Le Tartuffe inconnu de Molière
Le Service culturel de l'université Paris IV - Sorbonne vous propose deux représentations du spectacle :
 
Le Tartuffe inconnu de Molière
 
24 avril, 20h, Sorbonne
Amphithéâtre Richelieu
 
26 avril, 20h30, Boulogne
Espace Landowski
(28, av. André-Morizet - 92 100)
 
Un projet encadré par Georges Forestier,
à partir de sa reconstruction du Tartuffe interdit de Molière
Mise en scène d'Isabelle Grellet
Interprétation des étudiants de l'atelier-théâtre baroque de Paris-Sorbonne
 
 
Entrée libre aux deux représentations, mais réservation obligatoire :
- https://www.billetweb.fr/tartuffe-inconnu (24 avril, Sorbonne, 20h)
- https://www.billetweb.fr/tartuffe-boulogne (26 avril, Boulogne, 20h30)
 
[Source: Dramatica listserv]
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Theater: Corneille's Le Menteur

What: staging of Le Menteur by Pierre Corneille

When: March 30 to April 8, 2017

Where: TNP Villeurbanne

For more information, see:

 http://www.theatre-contemporain.net/spectacles/Le-Menteur/

 

[Thank you to Claire Carlin for sharing this information!]

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France Culture: Patrick Dandrey on LaFontaine

To Listen: https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/ne-parle-pas-la-bouche-pleine/la-fontaine-1ere-partie-qui-mange-qui-chez-la-fontaine

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