Georges Banu's 'Amour et désamour du théâtre' Published with Lecture Series at Odéon

Georges Banu's book 'Amour et désamour du théâtre' was released on September 18, 2013, by Actes Sud. The work explores the tension between love and disaffection for theater from the perspective of a spectator and through the lens of artists and texts Banu has encountered. Banu, a university professor and essayist, has written extensively on modern stage directors such as Peter Brook, Antoine Vitez, Jerzy Grotowski, Tadeusz Kantor, Ariane Mnouchkine, and Giorgio Strehler, as well as on theater-painting relationships and Eastern theater. His previous works include 'L'Homme de dos' (2000), 'L'Acteur qui ne revient pas' (1986), and 'Les Voyages du comédien' (2012). In France, he has won the Prix du meilleur livre sur le théâtre three times. A series of four lectures titled 'Amour et désamour du théâtre' is scheduled at the Théâtre de l'Odéon (Les Dix-huit heures de l'Odéon): November 14 with Laure Adler, Valère Novarina, and Régis Debray; December 12 with Pippo Delbono and Laurent Gaudé; January 23 with Jean-François Peyret and René de Ceccatty; and February 6 with Krzysztof Warlikowski.