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A Democrat
Show · Sunday, November 29 · 17:00 · Couëron
Théâtre Boris-Vian, Rue Jean Rostand
The women who smoke in public spaces, the American breakfast bacon and eggs, the 1954 Guatemalan coup d’État… What do these events have in common? Edward Bernays (1891-1995), father of propaganda in democracy who imposed the commercial and political strategies that shape our societies today. In her play, the author Julie Timmerman stages the life of Eddie, mixing historical analysis and humor. The amateur troupe Couëronnaise Arlequin Concorde Théâtre takes hold of this sly and pertinent text, under the direction of the director Loïc Auffret…
