• The best books on French Theatre - Le théâtre des idées by Antoine Vitez
  • The best books on French Theatre - Anthologie de L'avant-scène théâtre
  • The best books on French Theatre - Molière by Jacques Copeau
  • The best books on French Theatre - Molière et la comédie classique by Louis Jouvet
  • The best books on French Theatre - Lire le théâtre by Anne Ubersfeld

The best books on French Theatre, recommended by Florent Masse

French theater is appreciated as much in reading as in performance. Princeton University’s Florent Masse offers us a reading from the point of view of teaching theater. How did the great men of theater—such as Jouvet, Copeau, or Vitez—build their learning? Discover the principles and references that guide the best directors. (You can also read this interview in the original French)

  • Slavoj Žižek on His Favourite Plays - Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
  • Slavoj Žižek on His Favourite Plays - Richard II by William Shakespeare
  • Slavoj Žižek on His Favourite Plays - The Hostage by Paul Claudel
  • Slavoj Žižek on His Favourite Plays - The Measures Taken by Bertolt Brecht
  • Slavoj Žižek on His Favourite Plays - Not I by Samuel Beckett

Slavoj Žižek on His Favourite Plays

The philosopher and cultural critic recently made a foray into drama when he reworked Sophocle’s Antigone—not out of admiration for the original, but to examine the “stupid and morally problematic” character at its heart. Here he selects five plays he admires—but declines to see performed.