Friends at the French Embassy Present.....

SAMI FREY

in

BECKETT

From Roland: the Cultural Attache of the French Embassy:

Attaché culturel Directeur de La Maison Françaisehttp://www.houseoffrancedc.org/

"Sami Frey habite le texte de Beckett de façon si musicale, si organique, qu'il se grave en celui qui l'écoute, dans ses moindres plis. Dire qu'avec ce Premier Amour Sami Frey offre un moment rare est une litote." Le Monde
"La voix unique de Sami Frey, l'encre nocturne de Beckett, ce chant très doux, ces images qui toujours reviennent comme reviennent les mots. C'est très beau. Un charme profond agit."Le Figaro
"L'émotion immense - immensément contenue - s'exprime à la lisière des phrases, dans les points de suspension ou dans certains passages murmurés. (...) Sami Frey et Beckett ne font plus qu'un. La salle retient son souffle un lourd instant, avant de saluer en un tonnerre d'applaudissements l'artiste et son double." Les Echos.

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YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
WHAT: Sami Frey: Two works by Samuel Beckett -

WHEN: - “Premier Amour / First Love” -- April 14, 15, & 16 AT 7:30PM -
“Cap au Pire / Worstward Ho” -- April 17 AT 8PM

WHERE: La Maison Française, Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Rd, NW

ADMISSION: - General: $35 ($40 after April 5)- Students w/ID: $25 ($30 after April 5) - 2 performance COMBO: $60 (Any Premier Amour performance plus Cap au Pire ) TICKETS: http://www.instantseats.com/

A wine reception will follow each performance.

Join us at La Maison Française and experience Samuel Beckett with one of France’s great masters of the stage!Warm regards,Roland CeletteCultural Attaché Director of La Maison Françaisehttp://www.houseoffrancedc.org/

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About Sami Frey Sami Frey began his career as a teen on stage and in feature French films. His screen profile increased with the rise of the French Nouvelle Vague (New Wave). He appeared in Agnes Varda's 1962 film ”Cleo de 5 a 7 / Cleo From 5 to 7" and Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 "Bande a Part / Band of Outsiders." Often cast as the eccentric, Frey has worked with filmmakers including Jean-Paul Rappeneau ("Les Marie de l'an II" 1971), Marguerite Duras ("Jaune le soleil" 1972), and Colinne Serreau ("Pourquoi Pas!" 1978). In 1984, Frey made his American film debut beside Diane Keaton in "The Little Drummer Girl." Other credits include "Black Widow" (1987) and the 1988 ABC miniseries "War and Remembrance.” Having appeared in over 50 films, Frey is a prolific actor. In addition to film, he is a master of the stage, earning critical praise throughout France. About Samuel Beckett A Nobel Prize recipient in Literature, the master playwright Samuel Beckett was an avant-garde Irish writer, dramatist and poet. His minimalist style illustrated a bleak outlook on the human culture. A student and friend of James Joyce, Beckett became one of the last modernists and is sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. His most popular work, “Waiting for Godot,” was the first to be written entirely in French, and although he wrote in both English and in French, French became Beckett's preferred language for creating and manipulating his works.

T H E W O R K S

“Premier Amour / First Love” – April 14, 15, & 16 @ 7:30PM Written in 1946, Premier Amour / First Love tells the story of a relationship between a man and a prostitute. This earthy, emotional tale delves into the cruel and sexual relationship that unfolds after the prostitute encounters the homeless and soulless narrator on a park bench. “Cap au Pire / Worstward Ho” – April 17 @ 8:00PM Written in 1982, Cap au Pire / Worstward Ho is saturated by astonishing distress. At his point in his career, Beckett’s stripped down writing is less about characters and dialogue and more about using images. In this piece, text scrolls across a suitcase as Sami Frey conveys extreme grief and sorrow throughout the silence.