How can the world blind itself to the point of electing a terrifying buffoon as

Fictions

Sur la voie royale by Elfriede Jelinek

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With France Culture

Every summer, France Culture takes over the courtyard of the Musée Calvet for a week of readings, poetry, philosophy, and creative works. In harmony with the Avignon Festival’s program, its history, and the highlights of this year’s edition, France Culture is focusing this year on the big questions that literature poses to us. As is the case every year, iconic works will be performed by actors and actresses, alongside authors, musicians, and artists invited for the occasion.

Fiction, France Culture, Leïla Slimani, 2025 © Anaïs Bottinelli / Festival d'Avignon

Presentation

Written on the night of 2016 United States presidential election, this fierce pamphlet denounces the grotesque excesses of personal power and the troubling return of History in its most violent forms. This king with his gold-plated hair embodies the evolution of authoritarianism and abuse from ancient Greece to the present day.

Distribution

With Anne-Lise Heimburger
Directed by Cédric Aussir
Translated by Magali Jourdan and Mathilde Sobottke, published by L’Arche éditeur & agence théâtrale

Practical infos

Durée Duration : 1h

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