Theatre Athénée

First production :

January 26th 1957

Theatre Athénée

Manager : Mme Grammont

Staging :
Georges VITALY

Scenery :
François GANEAU

Summary :

Found in a ice block at the North Pole during an expedition in Greenland, Paul Fournier, had been asleep for a good fifty years. Back home, his shocked and surprised family , does all it can to make him believe that he is still living at the beginning of the century, so as to prevent him suffering a fatal shock. Paul believes he is the descendant of a family of which , in reality, he is the ancestor. In the end he learns of the truth and declares himself to be delighted to living in modern times.

Scenery

Act I :

set in present times, in a large house dating from the 19 century

Act II and III :

The same residence, the reconstruction of which takes us back to the Belle Epoque

the freezing of an human beeing seeems now very posible

( J.Bernard-Luc )

Burlesque face to face, comical situations, crazy scenes, you laugh

(Jean-Jacques Gautier, Le Figaro )

Profesor Loriebat, psychiatrist……...........................Jean-Pierre MARIELLE
His assistant…………………………………….........................................J.R. CHAUFFARD
The Mayor of Le Vésinet…………………………….................................Pierre MIRAT
Mr Amadour, Head of Cabinet of
the Minister of Interior……………………..........................................Tony JACQUOT
Evelyne…………………………………….………................................................Nelly VIGNON
The Captain……………………………………................................................Georges SCEY
Paul Fournier, the Hibernated………………………..................François GUERIN
A baker…………………………. …………….........................................SergeMONTEILHET

First postman………………………………….........................................Jean-Marie BON
Second postman……………………………….......................................................SARAZIN

Photographers and newspapermen.

The voice of the announcers : Mrs Lise ELINA , Mr. Paul GAY, Louis LE COZ

Georges VITALY

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