Stéphane Braunschweig on Directing Shakespeare, Bartók, and Kleist

In an interview with Georges Banu, director Stéphane Braunschweig discusses his recent production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Théâtre de Gennevilliers, which he considers the culmination of his aesthetic. He also reflects on his high-tension staging of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle at Théâtre du Châtelet. Braunschweig is preparing Kleist's Amphitryon for the upcoming Avignon Festival. The conversation covers his return to directing as writing, theatrical metaphor, his preference for plays with strong structures, and the relationship of his theater to reality.