Fabrice Luchini reads Victor Hugo at the Théâtre de l'Atelier

Attention literary buffs! At the Théâtre de l'Atelier in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, Fabrice Luchini will present a reading of texts and poems by the emblematic figure of French Romanticism: Victor Hugo. From October 22 to December 19, 2024, you can immerse yourself in his literary works.

Fabrice Luchini, the French actor who won the César for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 under the direction of Claude Lelouch, will be on stage to read and perform some of Victor Hugo's classic works. The actor first read the texts in June 2021, in the gardens of the Maison de Chateaubriand, and then at the Théâtre du Petit Saint-Martin in 2023, but he is now proposing a third public reading. He will perform a pure reading of the texts, as well as poems and commentaries by writers such as Charles Baudelaire and Charles Péguy.

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Victor Hugo, whose house can be visited on the Place des Vosges, is an emblem of19th-century French Romanticism. Today, he is counted among the greatest authors of French literature. His plays include Hernani, Cromwell, Ruy Blas, the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris, as well as collections of poems including Les Contemplations. His legacy, as vast as it is inescapable, deserves to be rediscovered during readings at the Théâtre de l'Atelier by Fabrice Luchini.

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