Le Soulier de satin

Le Soulier de satin (The Satin Slipper) is the one that Doña Prouhèze, wife of Governor Don Pélage, entrusts to the Virgin to slow her steps towards Don Rodrigue. In the vast, ever-expanding world of the Renaissance, the lovers – driven by their desire for an absolute love – are drawn together and torn apart across continents. This epic drama, monumental in scale, was first published in 1929; in 1987, Antoine Vitez presented it at the Festival d’Avignon, in a production that remains legendary. Nearly forty years later, Le Soulier de satin returns to the Cour d’honneur, brought to life by Éric Ruf. Rejecting any liturgical formality, the director reveals the theatrical power of this language, magnificently embodied by the troupe of the Comédie-Française. 

بعد 40 عام من أنطوان فيتيز، تصل هذه الدراما الضخمة والصوفية إلى ساحة الشرف، يقودها إريك روف وفرقة الكوميديا الفرنسية بأسلوب كلوديل. 

With the troupe of the Comédie-Française
Alain Lenglet, Florence Viala, Coraly Zahonero, Laurent Stocker, Christian Gonon, Serge Bagdassarian, Suliane Brahim, Didier Sandre, Christophe Montenez, Marina Hands, Danièle Lebrun, Birane Ba, Sefa Yeboah, Baptiste Chabauty, Edith Proust and Fanny Barthod, Rachel Collignon, Gabriel Draper*, and Vincent Leterme, Aurélia Bonaque Ferrat*, Ingrid Schoenlaub, Anna Woloszyn
By Paul Claudel
Stage version, direction and scenography Éric Ruf
Costumes Christian Lacroix
Lighting Bertrand Couderc
Musical direction Vincent Leterme
Sound Samuel Robineau*
Choreographic work Glysleïn Lefever
Artistic collaboration Léonidas Strapatsakis
Assistant directors Alison Hornus, Ruth Orthmann, Aristeo Tordesillas*
Costume assistants Jean-Philippe Pons, Jennifer Morangier, Aurélia Bonaque Ferrat*
Scenography assistant Anaïs Levieil*

* from the Comédie-Française academy

Production Comédie-Française
Premiere on 21 December 2024 at the Comédie-Française, Salle Richelieu
Costumes made in the workshops of the Comédie-Française
With the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet, great ambassador of artistic creation