What: Festival and Colloquium on Popular Theater
When: Month of June, 2016
Where: Versailles
For more information and a daily schedule for the month's events, see:
News
France Culture: "La France et ses eaux"
What: The final show of a 4 part series on La Fabrique de L'Histoire entitled "Les usages de la mer", this discussion addresses the often-held notion that France's maritime presence began with Richelieu's efforts to establish "un empire de mer".
Who: Cyrille Coutansais, Patrick Geistdoerfer, and Patrick Villiers
To listen: http://www.franceculture.fr/personne-patrick-geistdoerfer.html
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Now Playing: Corneille's "L'Illusion Comique"
What: Corneille's "L'Illusion Comique", performed by L’Atelier d’Art Dramatique francophone du Lycée Français de Los Angeles
When: April 28-29, 2016, 7:30pm
Where:Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz at Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles, 10361 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
For more information, see:
http://frenchculture.org/visual-and-performing-arts/events/corneilles-li...
http://www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com/2015/05/20/lillusion-comique-de-corn...
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Lecture: French furniture
What: "French furniture from the 17th to the late 19th Centuries"
When: May 4, 2016, 12-1pm
Where: Dixon Gallery & Gardens
4339 Park Avenue Memphis, TN 38117
For more information, see:
http://www.dixon.org/default.aspx?p=120688&evtid=510577:5/4/2016
http://highereducation.frenchculture.org/events/french-furniture-17th-la...
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France Culture: Mme de Sévigné
Mme de Sévigné: dans les petits papiers du Grand siècle (France Culture, Une vie, une oeuvre, 19 mars 2016)
To listen, click:
[contributed by Nathalie Freidel]
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Theater: rare performance of play by Cyrano
What: Cyrano's "La Mort d'Agrippine"
When: now through October 2, 2016
Where: Théâtre du Nord-Ouest in Paris, 13 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 75009 Paris, France, +33 1 47 70 32 75
Performed by Compagnie de l'Elan
[Source: Nick Hammond via Seventeenth-Century French Studies Facebook Group]
For more information, see: http://theatredunordouest.com
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