''Chant public devant deux chaises électriques'' (Public Canto Before Two Electric Chairs) is a play by

Armand Gatti Armand Gatti (; 26 January 1924 – 6 April 2017) was a French playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker and World War II resistance fighter.Banham (1998, 413). His debut film ''Enclosure'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow Internation ...

written in 1964 and premiered in 1966 at the

Théâtre National Populaire The (; "People's National Theater") is a theatre now at Villeurbanne, France. It was founded in 1920 by Firmin Gémier in Paris. Today, the TNP has a company of ten resident actors and the building is currently being completely renovated. His ...

. The subject is the

Sacco and Vanzetti Nicola Sacco (; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were controversially convicted of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parm ...

affair. It made headlines, and was panned by some critics but praised as a masterpiece by others, such as Gérard Guillot.Gérard Guillot, '' ''Chant public devant deux chaises électriques'' d'Armand Gatti, au TNP. Notre agonie, c'est notre triomphe'', ''

Les Lettres françaises ''Les Lettres Françaises'' ( French for "The French Letters") is a French literary publication, founded in 1941 by writers Jacques Decour and Jean Paulhan. Originally a clandestine magazine of the French Resistance in German-occupied territo ...

'' No. 1117, February 3, 1966,

References

Bibliography

* Laura Bellina, ''Le Chant public d’Armand Gatti'', Università Ca’Foscari, Venise, Italie, 1971 * Jérémy Mahut, ''La Représentation de l’Anarchie comme exemple de Théâtre-témoignage : dans ''Chant public devant deux chaises électriques'', pièce d’Armand Gatti, ''Morte accidentale di un anarchico'', pièce de Dario Fo et ''Gods of the lightning'', pièce de Maxwell Anderson'', université de Reims, 2007 * Gérard Guillot, '' ''Chant public devant deux chaises électriques'' d'Armand Gatti, au TNP. Notre agonie, c'est notre triomphe'', ''

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