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Isabelle Adjani’s long-awaited stage return has France on edge of its seat Isabelle Adjani’s long-awaited stage return has France on edge of its seat
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After an eight-year absence from the boards, France’s notoriously reclusive actress Isabelle Adjani is expected to return to the stage on Tuesday, in a play that has been billed by French media as the cultural event of the season.After an eight-year absence from the boards, France’s notoriously reclusive actress Isabelle Adjani is expected to return to the stage on Tuesday, in a play that has been billed by French media as the cultural event of the season.
The five-time Cesar Award winner and Oscar nominee is to star in the world premiere of Kinship, inspired by Racine’s tragedy Phaedra, written by American playwright Carey Perloff.The five-time Cesar Award winner and Oscar nominee is to star in the world premiere of Kinship, inspired by Racine’s tragedy Phaedra, written by American playwright Carey Perloff.
In it, Adjani plays a married newspaper editor who falls in love with a young reporter, but their relationship leads to disaster. But off-stage, the long-awaited production at the Théâtre de Paris has also been beset by drama. It was postponed three times from its original date of 14 October, after Adjani’s co-star, Spain’s Carmen Maura, left the production complaining of “tiredness”, followed by director Julien Collet-Vlaneck, who was replaced by Dominique Borg.In it, Adjani plays a married newspaper editor who falls in love with a young reporter, but their relationship leads to disaster. But off-stage, the long-awaited production at the Théâtre de Paris has also been beset by drama. It was postponed three times from its original date of 14 October, after Adjani’s co-star, Spain’s Carmen Maura, left the production complaining of “tiredness”, followed by director Julien Collet-Vlaneck, who was replaced by Dominique Borg.
“These changes would be of no interest to anyone if I didn’t have the top billing,” said Adjani. “Journalists are still inventing things that never existed about me. Before, it made me cry, but now I laugh about it,” she told Le Monde.“These changes would be of no interest to anyone if I didn’t have the top billing,” said Adjani. “Journalists are still inventing things that never existed about me. Before, it made me cry, but now I laugh about it,” she told Le Monde.
In the interview, Adjani, 59, described herself as a tragedy queen, referring to the turbulent times she has faced in real life. “If my life hadn’t itself been a modern adaptation of Les Atrides, I probably would never have left the theatre,” she said, referring to the trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus. She had experienced events of such drama, she said, “that it took me over completely.”In the interview, Adjani, 59, described herself as a tragedy queen, referring to the turbulent times she has faced in real life. “If my life hadn’t itself been a modern adaptation of Les Atrides, I probably would never have left the theatre,” she said, referring to the trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus. She had experienced events of such drama, she said, “that it took me over completely.”
The film and stage actor, who was nominated for Oscars for her screen roles in The Story of Adele H. and Camille Claudel, hit rock bottom in 1987 amid rumours that she had disappeared from public view because she had contracted Aids or had even died. She made an appearance on French television news to scotch the gossip.The film and stage actor, who was nominated for Oscars for her screen roles in The Story of Adele H. and Camille Claudel, hit rock bottom in 1987 amid rumours that she had disappeared from public view because she had contracted Aids or had even died. She made an appearance on French television news to scotch the gossip.
She experienced a painful breakup with actor Daniel Day-Lewis at the end of a six-year relationship, just before the birth of her second child in 1995. On Christmas Day 2010, her younger brother suffered a fatal heart attack.She experienced a painful breakup with actor Daniel Day-Lewis at the end of a six-year relationship, just before the birth of her second child in 1995. On Christmas Day 2010, her younger brother suffered a fatal heart attack.
At the age of 17, Adjani was snatched up by the Comédie Française after reading from Molière’s L’Ecole des Femmes. She says that every time she returns to the hallowed theatre as a spectator, she can’t help shedding tears. Following her last appearance on the boards in La Dernière Nuit Pour Marie Stuart in which she played Mary Queen of Scots, she says she is happy to return to her first love after focusing on cinema roles.At the age of 17, Adjani was snatched up by the Comédie Française after reading from Molière’s L’Ecole des Femmes. She says that every time she returns to the hallowed theatre as a spectator, she can’t help shedding tears. Following her last appearance on the boards in La Dernière Nuit Pour Marie Stuart in which she played Mary Queen of Scots, she says she is happy to return to her first love after focusing on cinema roles.
However, Adjani demands artistic control over her ventures, and has fulfilled the role of artistic director of Kinship. Her detractors say she is a temperamental figure who goes to extremes to control her image. One anonymous producer told the Nouvel Observateur magazine that Adjani has a “terrible reputation” in the industry. She has abruptly pulled out of film projects, including DSK, the recent Abel Ferrara film about the downfall of former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in which she was to have played his then wife, Anne Sinclair, opposite Gérard Depardieu. She had earlier said she was looking forward to partnering again with Depardieu with whom she had starred in Camille Claudel.However, Adjani demands artistic control over her ventures, and has fulfilled the role of artistic director of Kinship. Her detractors say she is a temperamental figure who goes to extremes to control her image. One anonymous producer told the Nouvel Observateur magazine that Adjani has a “terrible reputation” in the industry. She has abruptly pulled out of film projects, including DSK, the recent Abel Ferrara film about the downfall of former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in which she was to have played his then wife, Anne Sinclair, opposite Gérard Depardieu. She had earlier said she was looking forward to partnering again with Depardieu with whom she had starred in Camille Claudel.
Explaining her decision to withdraw from DSK in March 2013, Adjani said she could no longer support the film’s “destructive intrusion into the private life” of the two main characters.Explaining her decision to withdraw from DSK in March 2013, Adjani said she could no longer support the film’s “destructive intrusion into the private life” of the two main characters.
Adjani tells interviewers that she is stronger than 20 years ago, but that she still finds questions about her private life to be “an abuse”. “If I’d known, I would never have set foot in such a vanity fair,” she told Le Monde. “Frankly, don’t you think that we’re in a period of a sick society?”Adjani tells interviewers that she is stronger than 20 years ago, but that she still finds questions about her private life to be “an abuse”. “If I’d known, I would never have set foot in such a vanity fair,” she told Le Monde. “Frankly, don’t you think that we’re in a period of a sick society?”
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