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Michu
Anonymous protagonist
Wife
Chèrie
Michu
The play has been adapted several times. Among the most important ones:
1) “Les Autres”: Théâtre de la Grande Ourse show; directed by Jean-Pierre Loriol, Francesco Tardino; costumes by J. L. Pinabel and Christiane Viard. Performance: Bondy (France): Théâtre André-Malraux, 1986-01-09. Edition: Création. Note(s) : Composed of : “Les Vacances-Michu-Rixe-Les Gnoufs”. Mask: France Kadan. Music: Didier Bailly.
2) “Petits formats” directed by Nicolas Moy; music by Blaise Pavie; costumes by Le Jardin des planches; lighting design by Dominique Terrier; with Stéphanie Delanos, Jérémie Chaplain. Performance: Paris (France): Théâtre des Songes (Christina Jouet), 11-28-1998. Publisher: Reprise. Producer(s): Jouet, Christina. Includes: “Michu”; “Rixe”; “Maman revient pauvre orphelin”. The play was presented at Chapelle Saint Louis, Rouen, from April 16 to 28, 1998.
3) “Histoires de ‘on’” directed by Marcel Cuvelier; set and costumes by Jacques Noël; sound by Didier Beaudet; lighting by François-Eric Valentin; with Nicolas Bataille, Yvette Caldas, Stéphanie Chodat,… [et al.] Performance: Paris (France): Théâtre de la Huchette (Jacques Legré), 02-13-2002. Producer(s): Legré, Jacques. Includes: “Michu”, “Un nouveau Job”, “Une vie de ‘on’”, “Job”, “Mystère de Noël et du jour de l’An”, “Sortie de théâtre, un soir de pluie”. Also performed by: Marcel Cuvelier, Claude Petit and Thérèse Quentin. Premiere: Paris (France): Théâtre de la Huchette, 02-13-2002.
Snapshot
Théâtre de l'Épée-de-Bois, Paris, 1967. Directed by Frédérique Ruchaud.
First written in 1965. Avant-Scène Théâtre 543 / June 1974. Second play of a collective work (“Les Autres”: ‘Les vacances’, ‘Michu’, ‘Rixe’, ‘Les Rouquins’, ‘Les Gnoufs’) edited by Actes Sud Papiers, 1985. Also in “Les courtes” Babel N° 159 (Coédition Actes-Sud, Labor, L’Aire, Leméac).
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
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