Van wat ik er van begrepen heb (heb veel frans gehad maar het is een beetje weggezakt
gaat het oa over de bestorming van de Bastille op 14 Juli 1789 (een belangrijke dag in de franse historie
heb ff zitten googlen en kwam op deze engelse vertaling uit
The principal roles:
Camille Desmoulins [ROD JANOIS] : Friend of Lazare and Danton, a spirited and romantic young writer, the pen of the revolution. He will introduce Lazare to the society of revolutionaries of the Palais Royal.
Lazare : Young countryman, son of a farmer. He swore on the grave of his father, who was assassinated by soldiers, to avenge him and get their land back. He decides to go to Paris, where new ideas are catching on and the revolt against the absolute power of the king is growing. In his path: the young and beautiful Olympe who will change his life.
Olympe : Under-governess of the royal children, daughter of the king’s lieutenant at the Bastille. All in the service of the queen, she lives through the dilemma of loving one of the people who want to overthrow the monarchy. Will she follow through with her love?
Marie Antoinette : queen of France, arrogant and careless. It’s the opposite of history, which unveils for us the other side of a character overcome with doubt and nostalgia.
Solène : Lazare’s sister who follows him to Paris. Abandoned by her brother, she sinks and becomes one of the “easy girls of the Palais Royal” She finds her dignity again by becoming head of the women whom she will lead to the king at Versailles.
Georges Jacques Danton : Lawyer, president of the Cordelier’s club, he laughs loudly, flirts, and drinks more than he should, but he’s also a great speaker, he shall be one of those men of action who will organize the popular insurrection against the power of Versailles.
Charlotte : An urchin of Paris, “child of the Palais Royal”. The capital is her kingdom, she knows everyone and everyone knows her. She will be a friend and important well-wisher for the two lovers.
The next show produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen, at the Palais des Sports in Paris starting in September 2012.
We’re in France in spring 1789, famine and unemployment are sweeping the countryside and towns. The revolt is brewing while at Versailles the court of Louis XVI, insolent and frivolous, continues to recklessly spend the State’s money.
Coming from these clashing societies who fear each other, Olympe and Lazare should have never met. He, a young countryman revolted by the injustices that have deprived him of his land, goes to Paris to gain Liberty. She, daughter of nobility, governess to the royal children at Versailles, sacrifices herself body and soul in the service of her lady, the queen Marie Antoinette. And yet…
Caught up in the fevers and whirlwind of the brewing revolution, Olympe and Lazare will plunge together into the craziest and most romantic intrigues. They’ll love each other passionately, lose each other and find each other. Accompanying the highester characters of their time such as the magnificent Danton, the spirited writer Camille Desmoulins or Jacques Necker the austere minister of the king, they will know the ups and downs of the story of the French Revolution.
Their love will lead them to the morning of July 14, 1789, at the foot of one of the darkest and most mysterious prisons of Paris, the Bastille, where they will live through the event that will seal their fates forever but also mark the emergence of a new world, the takeoff of the new promises of liberty and brotherhood between men.
I’m not totally sold on the plot, but it’s still more promising than anything else and that brings me so much happiness. Also, the only character I can’t seem to spot in the video is Danton. I don’t know any names from the cast yet except Rod Janois, but I do spot three dancers from MOR in the video: Corentin Mazo, Jonathan Jenvrin, and Tamara Fernando (infamously in a relationship with Florent Mothe, she’s the dancer from Je dors sur des roses)
