Theater: The Abolition of Privileges

Adapted from Bertrand Guillot’s historical and thoroughly researched novel, this masterful production blends a gripping narrative with politics and history to show us how, in just a few hours, centuries of inequality were shaken to their core.

*The Abolition of Privileges* plunges us into the heart of the night of August 4, 1789. A state in chronic deficit where the wealthiest evade taxes. A people at the end of their rope, demanding justice and seeing no relief in sight. A regime on its last legs. Such was France in the summer of 1789. Yet in a single night, in Versailles, everything would change.

On stage: one actor, ten characters brought to life, and a pivotal episode of the French Revolution.