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The Sharing of Waters
Show · Friday, November 6 · 09:00 · Nissan-lez-Enserune
285 Allée Yves du Manoir
The play The Sharing of Waters is a romanticized adaptation set against the construction of the Royal Way, the Canal du Midi, from Toulouse to Sète. Pierre Paul Riquet is the central figure of this production which, in 16 tableaux, recounts the highlights of his life, from birth to death: the choice of his given names by his parents, his ambitious personality, the genesis of the colossal project that is our Canal, the key people who helped him realise it, including those men and women who brought it to life with pickaxe and shovel. They are also …
