From Page to Stage: French Theatre

The aims of this subject are to give an in-depth understanding of the French and francophone theatre literature and to value and critically evaluate this literature. The subject will cover textual analysis of French theatre plays from the 17th century to 21st century, such as Molière’s comedies, Racine’s tragedies (17th c.), Ionesco’s absurdist dramas (20th c.) or Yasmina Reza’s or Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s contemporary dramas (21st c.). Students will have the opportunity to read or perform passages from selected plays. They will also be involved in the creative writing of theatre scenes, role-plays or a short play in French.