Chroniques maritales

(Re)discovering the works of Jean-Luc Lagarce is what this montage of 13 texts from a work by an author now universally recognized, but some of whose texts remain in the shadows, proposes.

On the occasion of the tributes paid in this year 2025, which marks the thirtieth anniversary of the author's death, with the complicity of Livres dans la Boucle and the Nouveau Théâtre Besançon, I proposed to Mireille Herbsmeyer and Hervé Pierre this reading-performance of extracts from his work as a couple going through an entire life of theater confronted with the vicissitudes of performance.

Mireille Herbsmeyer and Hervé Pierre formed an inimitable couple in les Solitaires intempestifs, a show by Jean-Luc Lagarce in 1991. Mireille was 16 when she began working with Jean-Luc following their meetings at the Besançon Conservatoire, and went on to appear in 24 of his stage productions. Hervé met the author in his native Haut-Doubs during a workshop in his twentieth year. Although they didn't meet again until 1991, he was regularly offered a role. They toured France and the world, bringing Jean-Luc Lagarce's work to hundreds of performances.

François Berreur