Tandem Scène Nationale - Mahabharata, a story of violence

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The Mahabharata is a vast Indian epic transmitted for more than 2000 years. The narrative of conflicts and hatreds between two rival clans paints a true initiatory tale, with its share of wonder. By entrusting this literary monument to eight actresses, the director Pauline Bayle gives body to an unparalleled myth. Pauline Bayle, director of the Théâtre Public de Montreuil, loves epics. After The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer, Balzac's Lost Illusions or Writing Her Life after Virginia Woolf, she adapts a foundational text of Indian culture. She int…