ALWAYS TOGETHER
PUCK IN ROMANIA
The Georges Oulmont Prize – Fondation de France : French Foundation Help towards Artistic Creation from the Ministry of Culture
Support from the Pro Helvetia and Beaumarchais foundations for publication and translation in English
The Book :
- Publisher: La Femme Pressée
info@lafemmepressee.com
- Bilingual American/French version
Always Together/Toujours Ensemble
ISBN 2-910584-02-X
Price: 12 euros
- French version: 4th reprint.
Toujours ensemble
ISBN 2-910584-00-3
Price: 10 euros
- L’Avant-Scène Theatre n° 1086,
Puck in Romania,
slightly abridged version of the original
Price: 10.67 euros
- Ubu Repertory Theatre Publications – New York Always Together. Translated by Stephen Vogel
Cast :
Two women actors
The Plot :Two sisters united by the theatre, separated by a dictatorship. Communication between east and west. Twenty years of struggle and love. To what end?
Translations :- Translation in English by Stephen Vogel
- Translation in Romanian by the author
Dramatic Productions :
-"Toujours Ensemble"
directed by Philippe Eretzian with Vanesa Defasque and Valérie Théodore at the Théâtre du Guichet Montparnasse, Paris
directed by Cécile Castagnet with Chloé Amelin and Camille Marion at the Théâtre Proscenium, Paris
directed by Jean-Louis Châles with Valérie Fruchout and Nicole Genovese at the Théâtre de la Traverse, Nice
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Translated and directed by Manfred Langner with Cornelia Schindler and Carmen Heibrock at the Grenzlandtheater, Germany
directed by Rachel Salik with Marie Cuvelier and Yvette Caldras at the Théâtre de la Huchette, Paris
directed by Françoise Kourilsky with Thea Mercouffer and Maria Deasy at the Ubu Theater in New York; extensions in the United States and also put on in Eastern Europe
directed by Magaly Venelle with Isabelle Largier and Barbara Kaloustian at Roche Mollien
Minneapolis Theater, Chicago, directed by Pamela Nice with Laura Depta and Kirsten Frantzich
directed by Richard Leteurtre with Anne Barlind and Mireille Joris at Château Landon, Paris
-broadcast by Rumanian Radio in translation by the author.
Reviews :-« Delightful theatre. Impressionistic…magical. »
Michel Cournot Le Monde-« Anca Visdei has a profound understanding of the theatre. She knows exactly how to pinpoint a personality, to get under the skin of a character through a word or a phrase. Anca Visdei's play has a multitude of qualities, soft, subtly seductive, a sense of the pithy, of ellipsis. She gets straight to the point… Good writing, severe but not without warmth, rouses the emotions. »
Armelle Héliot - Le Quotidien- « You have to admire the delicacy of the author who unravels the drama of a serious subject with lightheartedness, simplicity and humour. Combative, optimistic, communicative.»
L. M. - l’Express- « A spiritual and passionate play. »
The Villager- New York- « This meditative and dreamy play with a cast of two manages to create on stage a host of lively characters and crowds. Moral solutions which go beyond questions of nationality and period.»
Lawrence van Gelder - New York Times- « A cross between drama and political thriller, a play that holds your breath… irresistibly. »
Hanns Mänhardt- « The story is clearly there without ever being heavy-handed. It unfolds through the constant human drama. Excellent play, both tender and pitiless, velvety and brutal. Anca Visdei even manages to instil a certain grace into this unremitting tragedy. »
Gilles Costaz