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The 17th-century temple of theatre has hit a wall of protest over bid to take Moliere and Cyrano de Bergerac to a rough suburb of Paris. France's Comedie Francaise, the 17th-century temple of theatre founded by Louis XIV, has hit a wall of protest over a bid to take its classic Moliere and Cyrano de Bergerac to a rough suburb of Paris.
Under a scheme leaked to the media this month, the venerable drama house drew up plans to set up shop in Bobigny, a high-immigration suburb just north of the capital, taking over the local stage, the Maison de la Culture or MC-93.
The hiccup was that it forgot to consult the soon-to-be annexed theatre,
one of half a dozen state-backed venues set up from the 1960s to take culture outside Paris' city walls, and which is seen as a modern drama pioneer.
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French theatre is up in arms, accusing the Comedie and culture ministry
which backed the plan of a "hostile takeover", and letters of support for the
Bobigny theatre have come pouring in from across Europe.
Aghast at the project, the Comedie Francaise's 57 in-house actors signed a text asking their boss to put the plans on hold, while the ministry amended its annex plans to a "partnership" between the theatres.
But the row highlights a wider debate over France's need to build bridges
with the poor, mainly-immigrant population in towns like Bobigny, where the sense of exclusion erupted into three weeks of youth riots in late 2005.
Since many housing estate kids feel out of place in the plush, red-carpeted world of the Paris theatre, all agree the arts must be brought to them. The question is what kind of art.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing government - which pushes a
no-nonsense, back to basics cultural policy - believes the MC-93's menu of cutting-edge French and European drama is the wrong diet for the local public, pointing to a slump in audience figures as evidence.
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