No scientist or artist during his or her lifetime has enjoyed the celebrity that Einstein and Chaplin did.One represents the most complex of work, the other the most simple. They seem to have nothing in common. And yet, they shared the same need for independence, they both felt the same profound humanness and fabulous sense of humour. Both went into exile in the United States. At first they were greeted warmly, but later discovered a different attitude in that country. Modern Times, The Great Dictator, A Woman of Paris...Behind their apparent simplicity, the titles of Chaplin's films summarise the major upheavals and turning points in the 20th Century. Both the scientist and the artist were confronted with, and show themselves to be highly concerned with, the consequences these developments would wreak on their fellow human-beings. Actors and exceptional witnesses, they had many things to say. They met on several occasions but never, it seems, in very conducive circumstances. This play gives them another chance to meet. It takes place in private. That's why we call them simply Albert and Charlie.
Distribution
the author reads his play
proposed by : Vera Feyder, president of the radio commission of Sacd
Production
Coproduction : Sacd, Festival d'Avignon
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