French Theatre | J’ai Saigné

French Theatre | J’ai Saigné

When

March 27, 2024    
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Where

Alliance Française de Delhi (M L Bhartia Auditorium)
Alliance Française de Delhi, 72, Lodi Estate, K.K. Birla Lane,, New Delhi, India, 110003

Event Type

Performance based on “J’ai Saigné” an autobiographical text by Blaise Cendrars.

About the play:

Recounting the 3 weeks of convalescence he spent at the Evêché de Sainte-Croix, in Châlons-en-Champagne, following the amputation of his right arm, lost on the Eastern Front in September 1915. The nurse-major, Madame Adrienne, asked Cendrars to share a room with some of the wounded, so that he could tell them stories and lift their spirits. Thus restored to his function as a writer, he heals himself by healing others. It’s a text about suffering, but also about resilience, empathy and healing.

Date: 27 March, 2024

Time: 6:30 pm onwards

Venue:: Alliance Française de Delhi

Open to all | No registration

Play in French | Subtitles in English

Directed by Jean-Yves Ruf and Jean-Christophe Cochard

Performance by Jean-Yves Ruf