La Fin du courage

"First rule. To regain courage, you must already stop falling.
Second rule: you must be willing to take your time.
Third rule: you must look for strength where you find it.
Fourth rule: face the vulgarity of the world. Stand your ground. Smile. Stand ready." Excerpt from the theatrical version of La Fin du courage.

Through four acts, four situations, two women meet, sizing each other up, questioning each other on their failings, their flaws, their will to carry on at all costs, their humanistic misanthropy. Two characters, two ideal-types confront each other: the author and the journalist.
Two ways of negotiating with the world and their own desires. Two ways of making work. How do what seems opposed at first turn out to be close and familiar?
La Fin du courage, is a theatrical adaptation of the eponymous essay by philosopher and psychoanalyst Cynthia Fleury. It's a diversity of voices and viewpoints, reflecting the essayist's cherished idea that courage is built on plurality. A lively, profound dialogue, imbued with humor and self-deprecation, that sharply questions what it means to "hold out" in a world of tension.
On stage, six duos of performers will take turns embodying the two characters - the author/philosopher and a journalist - as closely as possible to the words. By questioning the place of courage in our contemporary societies,