L’abolition des privilèges / Le Royal Velours

Theatre / 1h15 / from 14 years

Adapting Bertrand Guillot's novel, author and director Hugues Duchêne explores a fascinating episode in French history. A plunge into the heart of the Estates General of 1789!
On the night of 4 August 1789, as the regime teetered on the brink of collapse and the people howled their anger, tension was at its height in the National Assembly. In Versailles, the deputies unanimously adopted a universal tax and, with it, the abolition of privileges. With the drum beating, a single actor energetically portrays a dozen or so protagonists, including the deputies Duquesnoy, Le Chapelier, Noailles and the young Talleyrand. The audience, spread around the stage, become members of the Third Estate, the nobility and the clergy for the duration of the performance, witnessing heated debates in which doubts, fears and hopes are confronted. A masterly lesson in theatre and history!

Cast
Based on L'Abolition des privilèges by Bertrand Guillot © Groupe Delcourt, Les Avrils - 2022
Hugues Duchêne adaptation & direction
Oscar Montaz & Matéo Cichacki performance
Léo Delorme sound, lighting and general management
Pierre Martin Oriol artistic collaboration and video creation
Lisa Hours voice-over
Julie Camus set design
Hugues Duchêne, Maxime Pambet and Jérémie Dubois creative team
Les singulières - Léa Serror production and administration
Les singulières - Léa Serror and ACMÉ - Kelly Gowry diffusion
Francesca Magni press relations
Thanks to Mathis Leroux for production administration and dissemination support until September 2024.

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