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 four 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.

Retours de Fredrik Brattberg
traduit du norvégien par Terje Sinding
lecture dirigée par Adrien Dupuis-Hepner
avec Sylvia Bergé, Gilles David, Louis Arene

Issues de Samuel Gallet
lecture dirigée par Laurent Muhleisen
avec Loïc Corbery, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Nâzim Boudjenah
Laurent Lafitte, Sébastien Pouderoux

Dévastation de Dimitris Dimitriadis
traduit du grec par Michel Volkovitch
lecture dirigée par Nâzim Boudjenah
avec Véronique Vella, Anne Kessler, Sylvia Bergé
Alexandre Pavloff, Julie Sicard, Léonie Simaga, Gilles David
Nâzim Boudjenah, Claire de La Rüe du Can