{"id":699,"date":"2019-12-09T07:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T07:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/?p=699"},"modified":"2022-02-05T13:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T13:33:02","slug":"sankara-heros-tragique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/sankara-heros-tragique\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankara, h\u00e9ros tragique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Selim Lander<\/strong><a href=\"#end\" name=\"back\">*<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c69a9f\"><strong><em>Sank ou la patience des morts<\/em>, une pi\u00e8ce d\u2019Aristide Tarnagda mise en sc\u00e8ne par l\u2019auteur et Pierre Lambotte. Avec les com\u00e9diens Alain Hema, Alberto Martinez Guinaldo, Safoura Kabor\u00e9 et le musicien David Malgoubri. Cr\u00e9ation lumi\u00e8res&nbsp;: Vincent Stevens. R\u00e9gie&nbsp;: Kobor\u00e9 Mohamed. Production du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Guimbarde (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles) et du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre \u00c9clair (Burkina Faso).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Sankara, pr\u00e9sident du\nBurkina Faso de 1983 \u00e0 1987, a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9limin\u00e9 par un fr\u00e8re d\u2019armes (ils \u00e9taient\n\u00ab&nbsp;comme l\u2019arbre et l\u2019\u00e9corce&nbsp;\u00bb), conduit en sous-main par les\npuissances d\u2019argent. Sankara est un h\u00e9ros tragique, car il savait que Blaise Compaor\u00e9\nprojetait son assassinat. Or, au lieu de le faire arr\u00eater, il a simplement d\u00e9clar\u00e9&nbsp;:\n\u00ab&nbsp;Le jour o\u00f9 Blaise va d\u00e9cider de me tuer, personne ne peut plus rien pour\nmoi&nbsp;\u00bb. Dans la pi\u00e8ce d\u2019Aristide Tarnagda, il justifie ainsi son inaction&nbsp;:\n\u00ab&nbsp;Nous devons rester purs afin que le peuple garde confiance dans la\nr\u00e9volution&nbsp;\u00bb. \u00ab&nbsp;Sank&nbsp;\u00bb a donc couru volontairement \u00e0 sa perte en\nrefusant de voir que cette sorte de suicide, loin de sauver la r\u00e9volution, ne\nfaisait que compromettre davantage ses chances. <em>Sank ou la passion du sacrifice<\/em>, ce titre aurait pu convenir\n\u00e9galement \u00e0 la pi\u00e8ce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"701\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/sankara-heros-tragique\/photo-1-per-sanksankara-alberto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo 1 PER-SankSankara &amp;#8211; Alberto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-1-PER-SankSankara-Alberto-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Alberto Martinez-Guinaldo et Alain Hema dans<em> Sank<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019auteur a eu pour objectif de pr\u00e9senter un h\u00e9ros, d\u2019abord aux Burkinab\u00e9s eux-m\u00eames, dont la plupart n\u2019\u00e9taient pas encore n\u00e9s lors de la disparition de Thomas Sankara, puis au reste de l\u2019Afrique et du monde. Et il est certes salutaire de rappeler que, \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 d\u2019un Patrice Lumumba mieux connu du grand public et du public de th\u00e9\u00e2tre en particulier<a href=\"#end1\" name=\"back1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>, un autre Africain s\u2019est lev\u00e9 avec l\u2019ambition de cr\u00e9er une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9barrass\u00e9e des maux end\u00e9miques du \u00ab&nbsp;Continent&nbsp;\u00bb (corruption<a href=\"#end2\" name=\"back2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>, clanisme, violences en tout genre) et qu\u2019il a poursuivi son combat jusqu\u2019au sacrifice supr\u00eame. La pi\u00e8ce ne cache rien de l\u2019obstination du h\u00e9ros et de combien elle a pu para\u00eetre d\u00e9raisonnable \u00e0 ses proches, dans la sc\u00e8ne d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9voqu\u00e9e o\u00f9 il accepte la mort, et dans d\u2019autres o\u00f9 interviennent sa m\u00e8re, sa femme qui le supplient, vainement, de s\u2019\u00e9pargner, pour elles, pour son p\u00e8re, pour ses enfants. Lorsqu\u2019on le traite de fou il n\u2019en devient que plus d\u00e9termin\u00e9&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Qu\u2019on r\u00e9veille mes enfants, qu\u2019on r\u00e9veille les enfants du monde afin que je les contamine&nbsp;\u00bb. Il voudrait voir des fous comme lui dans tous les palais pr\u00e9sidentiels africains et jusqu\u2019\u00e0 Paris, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9lys\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Une bonne dizaine de personnages\ntraverse la pi\u00e8ce, parmi lesquels, en dehors de ceux d\u00e9j\u00e0 cit\u00e9s, l\u2019in\u00e9vitable\nrepr\u00e9sentant de l\u2019Occident qui exige et menace, et l\u2019\u00e9pouse de Blaise Compaor\u00e9.\nCelle-ci est une pomme de discorde entre Blaise et Thomas, qui s\u2019\u00e9tait montr\u00e9\nhostile \u00e0 son union avec une fille adoptive du pr\u00e9sident ivoirien Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny.\nUne sc\u00e8ne la montre d\u2019ailleurs en train de quitter Blaise qui ne lui a pas offert\nle luxe qu\u2019elle esp\u00e9rait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La sc\u00e8ne la plus forte reste bien\ns\u00fbr celle de la confrontation des deux fr\u00e8res d\u2019armes o\u00f9 l\u2019on sent bien l\u2019hostilit\u00e9\nqui r\u00e8gne d\u00e9sormais entre eux. Le conflit n\u2019appara\u00eet pas tout de suite, Compaor\u00e9,\nd\u2019abord d\u00e9pass\u00e9 par l\u2019accueil chaleureux de Sankara, est contraint d\u2019esquisser quelques\npas de danse avec lui, mais la tension ne tarde pas \u00e0 monter entre, d\u2019une part,\nle pr\u00e9sident burkinab\u00e9 qui entend \u00ab&nbsp;faire la r\u00e9volution avec le peuple&nbsp;\u00bb\net, d\u2019autre part, son adjoint qui veut, dit-il, \u00ab&nbsp;faire la r\u00e9volution pour\nle peuple&nbsp;\u00bb. Le jeu du com\u00e9dien qui incarne \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0 Compaor\u00e9 montre\nalors qu\u2019il a d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de trahir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les deux metteurs en sc\u00e8ne de <em>Sank ou la patience des morts<\/em> ont fait\nappel \u00e0 trois com\u00e9diens et \u00e0 un musicien qui chante dans la langue du pays tout\nen s\u2019accompagnant \u00e0 la guitare. La com\u00e9dienne S. Kabor\u00e9 endosse tous les r\u00f4les\nf\u00e9minins&nbsp;; A. Hema interpr\u00e8te Sankara, Compaor\u00e9 et un dignitaire\nafricain&nbsp;; A. Martinez Guinaldo, un com\u00e9dien blanc \u00e0 l\u2019accent espagnol\nmarqu\u00e9, joue les autres r\u00f4les masculins. Dans la sc\u00e8ne de la confrontation\nentre Thomas et Blaise, c\u2019est lui qui interpr\u00e8te Compaor\u00e9, coiff\u00e9 de la\ncasquette militaire qui est le signe distinctif du capitaine (chaque com\u00e9dien\njouant plusieurs r\u00f4les, c\u2019est en changeant un accessoire vestimentaire \u2013&nbsp;chapeau,\nveste, foulard, etc.&nbsp;\u2013 qu\u2019il signale le passage d\u2019un personnage \u00e0 un autre).\nLa sc\u00e8ne est nue, \u00e0 l\u2019exception d\u2019une modeste table et de deux chaises. L\u2019accompagnement\nmusical est quasi-permanent, devenant <em>forte<\/em>\ndans les moments de tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/sankara-heros-tragique\/per-sanksankara-david\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PER-SankSankara &amp;#8211; David\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>David Malgoubri dans <em>Sank<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette pi\u00e8ce politique atteint son objectif dans la mesure o\u00f9 elle fait clairement ressortir la figure du h\u00e9ros sans rien cacher des tares de l\u2019Afrique. Les paroles mises dans la bouche de Sankara sont pour la plupart authentiques, comme lorsqu\u2019il se demande \u00ab&nbsp;pourquoi on [les Africains] continue \u00e0 tirer sur nos fr\u00e8res de sang pour des gens [les Blancs] dont on est s\u00fbrs qu\u2019ils ne nous aiment pas&nbsp;\u00bb. <em>Sank ou la patience des morts<\/em>&nbsp;est ainsi d\u2019abord un appel. L\u2019auteur fait le pari que par-del\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chec de sa r\u00e9volution Sankara peut servir d\u2019exemple aux Africains d\u00e9sireux d\u2019en finir avec les m\u0153urs corrompues de leurs \u00e9lites et sortir leurs pays du mal-d\u00e9veloppement. Les obstacles sont innombrables\u2026 mais qui pourrait affirmer avec certitude que les graines de la r\u00e9volution sankarienne ne germeront pas un jour, justifiant ainsi le titre de la pi\u00e8ce ? Les morts, en effet, sont patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concernant la dramaturgie, si\nla pi\u00e8ce est habilement construite, on regrette n\u00e9anmoins que les diff\u00e9rents\npersonnages n\u2019existent que par rapport au protagoniste. Ainsi, les motivations\ndu traitre Blaise Compaor\u00e9 n\u2019apparaissent-elles pas clairement&nbsp;: il veut\nprendre le pouvoir, certes, mais on ne trahit pas aussi facilement son <em>alter ego<\/em>, son \u00ab&nbsp;fr\u00e8re&nbsp;\u00bb. Le\nspectateur cherche d\u2019autres motivations \u00e0 son acte. De m\u00eame, si le but de\nl\u2019auteur \u00e9tait de montrer un Sankara intime \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 du h\u00e9ros, on ne saurait dire\nqu\u2019il y soit compl\u00e8tement parvenu, l\u2019expression des sentiments de ses proches\net les siens \u00e0 leur \u00e9gard restant trop sch\u00e9matique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l\u2019interpr\u00e9tation, le\ncom\u00e9dien retenu pour interpr\u00e9ter Sankara a un peu d\u00e9\u00e7u dans la mesure o\u00f9 nous\nattendions de sa part un charisme plus affirm\u00e9, en rapport avec son personnage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En d\u00e9pit de ces quelques\nr\u00e9serves, et m\u00eame si elle n\u2019\u00e9claircit pas compl\u00e8tement l\u2019\u00e9nigme du sacrifice de\nSankara, <em>Sank ou la patience des morts<\/em>\nint\u00e9resse de bout en bout parce qu\u2019elle braque le projecteur sur une\npersonnalit\u00e9 hors norme qui a soulev\u00e9 une vague d\u2019espoir en Afrique. On\ncomprend qu\u2019elle ait inspir\u00e9 A. Tarnagda, tout comme son d\u00e9sir d\u2019en faire une\nsource d\u2019inspiration pour la jeunesse africaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summary: Aristide Tarnagda has written a play which is a tribute to Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso between 1983 and 1987, an authentic revolutionary assassinated by his former colleague, Blaise Compaor\u00e9. The play shows a dozen characters interpreted by only three actors and one musician. <em>Sank or the patience of the dead<\/em> is a militant piece illustrating the complexity of his hero but oversimplifying the other characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"end1\" href=\"#back1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>Lumumba, protagoniste\nde la pi\u00e8ce d\u2019Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire, <em>Une saison au\nCongo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"end2\" href=\"#back2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>C\u2019est Thomas Sankara\nqui a chang\u00e9 le nom de son pays, Haute-Volta, h\u00e9rit\u00e9 de la p\u00e9riode colonial, en\nBurkina Faso (\u00ab&nbsp;le pays des hommes int\u00e8gres&nbsp;\u00bb).<a name=\"end\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/sankara-heros-tragique\/photo-selim-lander-comp-238x300-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-Selim-Lander-comp-238x300.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"238,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo-Selim-Lander-comp-238&amp;#215;300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-Selim-Lander-comp-238x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-Selim-Lander-comp-238x300.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/Photo-Selim-Lander-comp-238x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702 alignnone\"><br>&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"end\" href=\"#back\">*<\/a><strong>Selim Lander<\/strong> vit en Martinique (Antilles fran\u00e7aises). Ses critiques th\u00e9\u00e2trales apparaissent dans les revues \u00e9lectroniques <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mondesfrancophones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mondesfrancophones.com<\/a>\/ et <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.madinin-art.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.madinin-art.net\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Copyright <strong>\u00a9<\/strong> 2019 Selim Lander<br><em>Critical Stages\/Sc\u00e8nes critiques<\/em> e-ISSN: 2409-7411<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons Attribution International License\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This work is licensed under the<br>Creative Commons Attribution International License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performance-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/12\/PER-SankSankara-David.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64,"url":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/la-vie-des-personnes-agees-a-lepoque-neo-liberale\/","url_meta":{"origin":699,"position":0},"title":"La vie des personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque n\u00e9o-lib\u00e9rale","author":"Selim Lander","date":"October 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Jisoo Nam* R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Comment peut-on d\u00e9finir les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es? Les employ\u00e9s cor\u00e9ens commencent \u00e0 prendre leur retraite \u00e0 la cinquantaine. Bien qu\u2019on pense qu\u2019il est trop t\u00f4t pour appeler les cinquantenaires, des personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es, la vieillesse sociale commence t\u00f4t, sans consid\u00e9ration pour l\u2019\u00e9tat physique. Ironiquement, la maturit\u00e9 des jeunes commence\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Special Topic&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Special Topic","link":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/category\/special-topic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/10\/image3.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/10\/image3.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/10\/image3.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/10\/image3.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":405,"url":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/contre-le-theatre-politique\/","url_meta":{"origin":699,"position":1},"title":"Contre le th\u00e9\u00e2tre politique","author":"Selim Lander","date":"November 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Essai d\u2019 Olivier Neveux314 pp. Paris: La Fabrique par Selim Lander* Je ne cherche pas \u00e0 fourguer de l\u2019espoir\u00a0: je ne suis pas un dealer. \u2013 Heiner M\u00fcller L\u2019auteur a choisi un titre pour le moins d\u00e9routant pour un essai qui s\u2019efforce tout au contraire de sauver le th\u00e9\u00e2tre politique.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/category\/book-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/11\/Photo-Selim-Lander-comp-238x300-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135,"url":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/20\/insupportable-vieillesse\/","url_meta":{"origin":699,"position":2},"title":"Insupportable vieillesse ?","author":"Selim Lander","date":"October 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Jean-Pierre Han* R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Florian Zeller est l\u2019un des rares dramaturges \u00e0 plonger d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment dans le sujet de la vieillesse. Il le fait dans une trilogie consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 trois figures de base qui composent la famille\u00a0: le p\u00e8re, la m\u00e8re et le fils. 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