DATE AND VENUE

25, 26.05.1998, 20.30, Atatürk Cultural Centre, Grand Hall

DESCHAMPS ET DESCHAMPS

  • Written by: Molière
  • Directed by: Jérome Deschamps- Macha Makeieff

When the lively amd comic theatrical perspective of Jérome Deschamps-macha Makeiff duo combines with the equally rich world of Molière, the contemporaray audience is offered an elegant reflection in “Les Précieuses Ridicules” taking part in festival within the frame work of “Rendez-vous avec la France” series. The play tells the story of two suitors whou use their servants dressed up as as aristocrats to revenge the two young ladies who have refused them. The two funny men are forced to flee in the end. The two young girls become old maids. The funny events that take place between the young girls and their suitors become even more charming and colourful in the skilled hands of Deschamps and Makeieff. “Les Précieuses Ridicules” is the first classic play staged by Deschamps-Makeieff, considered as the most accomplished couple of the French theatre. This well-written play with political references and powerful dialogues that feed on all subtletiesof the art of comedy became an immediate success following its premier in 1659.

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