Theatre: The Abolition of Privileges

1, place Gisèle Halimi, Espace d'Albret

Adapted from the historical novel by Bertrand Guillot and meticulously documented, this virtuoso show blends a thrilling narrative, politics, and History to tell how, in a few hours, centuries of inequality tremble. The abolition of privileges plunges us into the heart of the night of August 4, 1789. A chronically deficit-plagued State where the richest evade taxes. A people at the breaking point, demanding justice and not seeing anything coming. A regime running out of breath. Such is France in the summer of 1789. In one night, at Versailles, everything will still tilt. On stage, one actor, …