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Text from Bernard-Marie Koltès

Organized by the Chaoyang Cultural Center, the Beijing Theatre Association and the Ning Chun Company

Partnership: Alliance Francaise in China, the French Cultural Center

and the University of Communication of China

June 3 and June 8: Bilingual(French and Chinese)

June 4 and June 6: in French Language

June 5 and June 7: in Japanese Language

Night Just Before the Forests(French Name:La Nuit juste avant les Forêts) , created by Bernard-Marie Kolts, is a soul-searching monologue addressed to an unseen audience whose identity is never fully discovered, although it is constantly in question. Bernard-Marie Kolts was born in 1948. Living variously in New York and Paris, he became one of the most challenging and innovative playwrights of his generation. He died in 1989. Koltès's work, based in real-life problems, expresses the tragedy of being alone and of death. His writing style accents the dramatic tension and the lyricism of his plays. Koltes is most famous for his plays The Night Just Before the Forests (La Nuit juste avant les Forêts, 1976), Sallinger (1977) and In the Solitude of Cotton Fields (Dans la Solitude des Champs de Coton, 1986). Many of these plays were first directed by Patrice Chereau when he was artistic director of the Théatre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Koltes also translated into French Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. 

Price RMB25 for students only

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