The Readers’ Bureau ・ Comédie-Française

Discovering the texts of contemporary authors, reading them and, in some cases, putting them in the spotlight.

Discovering the texts of contemporary French or foreign authors, reading them and, in some cases, putting them in the spotlight, is one of the missions of the Comédie-Française. The Readers’ Bureau, chaired by Laurent Muhleisen, the Comédie-Française’s literary adviser, reads about three hundred plays a year. This committee composed of members from both within and outside the Comédie-Française, meets six times a year and selects six plays that are given public readings by the actors of the Troupe.
Following each of these cycles of public readings, a group of committed spectators –having attended all the presentations– votes for its favourite play. This choice is taken into consideration by the General Administrator when programming living authors at the Comédie-Française.
It was on this basis that in recent years the authors Lucie Depauw, Jean-René Lemoine, Fausto Paravidino, Lina Prosa or Naomi Wallace have been performed by the Troupe.

Vendredi 28 novembre à 20h30Naissance d'un pays d'Aïat Fayez
Lecture dirigée par Laurent Muhleisen
avec Christian Gonon, Gilles David, Nâzim Boudjenah, Jennifer Decker, Laurent Lafitte, Louis Arene, Benjamin Lavernhe

Samedi 29 novembre à 20h30
L'étrange incident du chien pendant la nuit de Simon Stephens, traduit de l'anglais par Dominique Hollier
Lecture dirigée par Nâzim Boudjenah
avec Véronique Vella, Cécile Brune, Laurent Natrella, Christian Gonon, Julie Sicard, Gilles David, Benjamin Jungers, Jennifer Decker, Louis Arene, Anna Cervinka

Dimanche 30 novembre à 14h
J'appelle mes frères de Jonas Hassen Khemeri, traduit du suédois par Marianne Segol-Samoy.
Lecture dirigée par Michel Didym dans le cadre des 20 ans du festival de la Mousson d'été (en partenariat avec la Comédie-Française)
avec Laurent Natrella, Julie Sicard, Suliane Brahim, Benjamin Lavernhe