Carte blanche to Maryse Estier

Théâtre d'Auxerre, 54 Rue Joubert

In the 1830s, Delphine de Girardin ran one of the most popular salons of the literary Paris. Lamartine, Hugo, Gautier, Balzac… they all came there. A novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and yet almost forgotten, this personality leaves the image of a modern author, both worldly and engaged. For this Midi at the Théâtre, the director Maryse Estier invites us to “hold a salon” and opens a space of conversation, reading and curiosity around Delphine de Girardin. The aim: to lift the veil on the work of adapting for the stage her novel Napoline, at …