On an island ruled by a Reine (Queen) whom no one ever sees because she lives secluded in a tower, two sisters, Ygraine et Bellangère, welcome their little brother Tintagiles. The three of them are the Reine’s grandchildren. Since she kills everyone who threatens her influence, the sisters and the old tutor Aglovale try to protect Tintagiles, who is slowly dying. When he is locked in the tower, he asks Ygraine to help him escape the room; this is in vain, as the Reine kills him there.

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Maeterlinck Maurice

Belgium

Ghent

France

Paris

Printed

Threat

Illness

Death

Mysterious power

Invisible enemy

Spying on

Murder

Detention

Tower

Dramatic

Fantastic

Tragic

Auguste Donnay, lithography for the edition of Théâtre de Maurice Maeterlinck (Bruxelles: Demand, 1902).

French

Maid

Off-stage noise

Offstage

Invisible force

Silence

Monologue

Off-stage voice

La Mort de Tintagiles

The Death of Tintagiles

H. and F., an old working-class couple, dwell on their past while waiting to die in a hospice. Their dialogue develops in a suspended time and a dark atmosphere. Between recriminations, sadness and bitter memories, time is filled only with their quarrels and the few repetitive actions they perform every day in their room. Pierrot, their only son, who has not visited them for a long time, is a constant presence-absence in their daily life, one of their main sources of discussion.

Adults

Lemahieu Daniel

Avignon

Typed or electronic text with handwritten annotations

Old age

Couple

Domestic violence

Labour

Unemployment

Society

Worker

Daily

Taboo

Loneliness

Oppression

Sub-text

Homosexuality

Realist

Burlesque

Old man

Old woman

Domestic scene

Invisible character

Argument

Awaiting

Analepsis (Flash-back)

Entre Chien et Loup

At twilight

At the beginning of the year 2000, the elected representative and his secretary organised an evening in a municipal multi-purpose hall, where they met with the 'working classes' to ask them what their dreams were. The politician wants to redesign the local bar so that it is no longer a meeting place for 'not normal people', and hopes to direct people's dreams towards his goal. But nothing happens as he imagined: everyone talks about their dreams, but they turn out to be expressions of inner unease or personal hopes, rather than achievable wishes. By sharing fragments of their drifting lives, the citizens turn the evening into a slump of violent outbursts, which nevertheless leaves room for bursts of infinite tenderness.

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

People

Poverty

Violence

Sadness

Fear

Bourgeoisie

Vaudeville

Music

Love

Tenderness

Wrestling

Blood

Comical

Social vaudeville for fifty puppets and three actors

Patron

Politician

Twins

Social worker

Bride

Vicar

Child

Sung scenes

Inn scene

Dialect as a social marker

Dance

Splitting of the body

Song

Chorality

Fight

Gunshot

Fake death

Grammelot

Le rêve de votre vie (à vos souhaits)

The dream of your life (Bless you!)

Young Chorten and his guide walk through the Himalayas, forced into exile to escape the invaders who have occupied their country. Chorten does not want to leave his country, but the guide explains that it is necessary to continue living. On the way, they encounter a Yak, who will lead them to the neighbouring country. They also meet two other children, young Tsangpo and his sister Song, who are also on the run. The journey is hard and tiring, and the little Tsangpo cannot resist the cold of the mountains. Shortly afterwards, the Yak also abandons them. Chorten and Song are exhausted, but the guide convinces them to continue their journey. And finally they arrive: the signal is a light cloud of butterflies surrounding the children.