Production:� POUR� FAIRE LE PORTRAIT DE PREVERT
Location: Indiana Historical Society Theatre
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450 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis
Date: Friday 2 November 2001
Time: Reception 6:15 PM� -- Program� 7:00PM
The
Alliance Fran�aise of Indianapolis will kick off National French Week November
�4-13 with a theatre performance-�that is
entirely in French-� featuring a French poetic montage depicting the life� and work of�
Jacques Pr�vert.
The
public is invited to this unique performance featuring the Compagnie Claude
Beauclair Inter-Europe Spectacles � Paris.
�
On
Friday, 2 November, 2001, on the stage of the Indiana Historical Society
Theatre, Inter-Europe Spectacles, under the direction of Claude Beauclair,� will delight� any audience with the performance of POUR FAIRE LE PORTRAIT DE PREVERT
.
Jacques Pr�vert was� a playwright, a screenplay writer, a children�s books author, and a poet� with an uncanny sense for a new� poetic art that best exemplifies the beautiful fluid qualities of the spoken French language. Easy to listen to, easy to understand , Pr�vert�s poems have broken the fixed forms of traditional poetry. They speak of life and love, justice, freedom, and happiness. They seize life�s situations in an anecdotal form, sometimes playful� and sometimes poignant.� They are concrete, down to earth yet surreal through a play of images and metaphors. They are music. They are songs. They project the vision of a poet in a simple universal tongue.
The
Alliance Fran�aise efforts to bring extremely high quality cultural programs to
Indianapolis
has mustered generous support from Central Indiana educational institutions as
well as from national and international professional organizations.
�
Joining
the Francophile public of Indianapolis and surrounding region will be members
of the Alliance Fran�aise , language�
students from area high schools and colleges, as well as teachers from
all over Indiana� who are attending the
Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association.�
Also, the Western Society for French History� is holding its annual conference in Indianapolis and will be
joining forces with Alliance Fran�aise to welcome and applaud the troupe of
actors producing this� outstanding
event.
The
Compagnie Claude Beauclair is a household name�
for many high schools, colleges, universities, and Francophile
organizations across the United States.�
For a quarter of a century, co-founders and classically trained actors
Claude Beauclair and Fran�oise Mojeret have brought their craft, talent and
enthusiasm to America and have presented a varied and extensive repertoire of
French classical� and modern plays.� They also have produced original montages of
selected French literary works to appreciative audiences throughout the
world.�� They have led numerous� and popular theatre classes and
workshops� at many universities.� Accompanying Mr. Beauclair and Mme.
Mojeret� in their 25th year
tour of some thirty American cities, will be Mme. Guylaine Droull�-Haguais and
Mr. Andr� Nerman.� Indianapolis will be
proud to serve as host to such a talented cast of actors from France.
Mme
Guylaine Droull� is a promising young actress who has studied music and
dramatic art at the Conservatoire National de Region at Nancy and earned first
prize in drama and diction under Mr. Jacques Thomas.� Indianapolis will be great mid-western city for her to remember
on this her second ever visit to the United States with Inter-Europe
Spectacles.
Mme
Fran�oise Mojeret�s long and distinguished career in theatrical and academic
circles is matched only by her special talent in creating the� costumes and the d�cor for the shows
produced by Inter-Europe Spectacles for which she has been a co-director since
1970.
Mr.
Andr� Nerman also is a multi-talented artist .�� He has performed classical and contemporary roles on stages
throughout France. A musician, a singer, and a producer� he has written songs and screenplays for
both the theatre and television.� Mr.
Nerman is credited with producing Paul Claudel�s �The Book of Christopher
Columbus� in Hollywood.� This tour will
be his third to the US with Inter-Europe Spectacles with director Claude
Beauclair.
Mr. Claude Beauclair�s credentials are multi-layered.� As a stage actor,� he played for the Comedie Fran�aise . �Later he fulfilled the dream of many an actor and founded his own company in collaboration with Mme Mojeret. Together they produced over 3,000 performances on four continents.� Mr. Beauclair�s career also embraced the silver screen.� During his movie career, he played in several movies among which R.� Fleischer�s� �Crack in the Mirror� with Orson Wells and �Happy Journey� with Gene Kelly.
Liliane Krasean, President
Alliance Fran�aise d�Indianapolis
317 842 8472
9/21/2001