Intrigue et Amour
Friedrich von Schiller/ Yves Beaunesne
Louise Miller, the daughter of a poor music teacher at the court of a duke, is romantically involved with a young man, Ferdinand, an only child who stands way above her condition. He is the son of the very powerful and clever President von Walter. As Ferdinand’s father arranges for his heir alliances which are more advantageous to his own interests, Louise’s father worries: “He is going to lie to her, get her pregnant and then leave her. She will be dishonoured until the day she dies.” Louis and Ferdinand choose each other in spite of objective criteria but find themselves trapped in this crisis. The director Yves Beaunesne tackles joyfully this founding play of the modern German theatre that will speak to the public as long as there are young people who feel love and injustice, and older people who defend, in spite of these feelings, the world as they have known and build it. This play is telling us that the toughest battle is against ourselves.
In French
Playwright Friedrich Schiller
Director Yves Beaunesne
Author (text in French) and artistic collaborator Marion Bernède
Assistant director Marie Clavaguera Pratx and Marie Baxerres
Scenic designer Damien Caille-Perret
Costumes designer Jean- Daniel Vuillermoz
Sound designer Camille Rocailleux
Lighting designer Florent Jacob
Make-up designer Catherine Saint-Sever
With Hélène Chevallier, Thomas Condemine, Olivier Constant, Frédéric Cuif, Jean-Claude Drouot, Philippe Fretun, Anne Le Guernec, Sophia Leboutte, Mélodie Richard, Gaël Soudron
Producer La Comédie Poitou-Charentes – Centre dramatique national, avec le soutien de la Drac Poitou-Charentes, de la Région Poitou-Charentes and de la Ville de Poitiers.
Co-producer Théâtre du Peuple de Bussang, Théâtre de Liège, Comédie de l’Est / Centre dramatique national de Colmar, Le Préau / Centre dramatique régional de Vire, Théâtre National de Toulouse / Centre dramatique national, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne
With artistic participation of JTN
We would like to thank Théâtre 71 / Scène Nationale de Malakoff, Théâtre le Tarmac, Théâtre du Lucernaire