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For the first time on stage, experience one of the greatest French novels of the 20th century in a faithful and lively adaptation!
The life of young Augustin Meaulnes is turned upside down during a strange celebration, in a mysterious estate, where he falls in love with Yvonne de Gallais. Suffused with melancholy and a dreamlike quality, this foundational story about the end of childhood is an invitation to build one’s happiness in the present. The only novel by its young author, the work became legendary after Alain Fournier died at the age of twenty-seven, one of the first casualties of the war of 1914. Today it is the second most translated French novel in the world after Le Petit Prince by Saint Exupéry. A great adventure and coming-of-age story, often studied in school, it brings together every generation, as its depth and subtlety can be rediscovered at any age. ; Credits: Le Grand Meaulnes A new creation to discover for the first time at the Lucernaire Meet the artistic team on Friday, April 10, 2026 after the performance. Based on the novel by Alain-Fournier Adaptation, direction, scenography, lighting, sound design and performance Emmanuel Besnault Voices Pierre Aussedat, Emmanuel Barrouyer, Michaël Cohen, Claude Drap, Julien Frison, Valentin Fruitier, Mélanie Le Duc and Marion Preité Acting direction Cyril Manetta Dramaturgy Florian Chaillot Costumes Angèle Gaspar Production Compagnie Éternel Été Support Ville de Versailles, Festival Le Mois Molière, Théâtre du Chêne noir in Avignon, Théâtre rural d’animation culturelle in Beaumes de Venise
Price: Full price €32 Senior price €27, reduced rate €16, youth rate under 26 €10
Source: paris.fr — photo: Cédric Vasnier