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''L'Otage'' is a three-act theatre play by the French author
Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...
, and the first one of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''.


Performances

* 1913: Théâtre Scala, London * 1914:
Lugné-Poe Aurélien-Marie Lugné (27 December 1869 19 June 1940), known by his stage and pen name Lugné-Poe, was a French actor, theatre director, and scenic designer. He founded the landmark Paris theatre company, the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, which produce ...
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* 1928:
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, Théâtre de l'Odéon * 1931:
Ève Francis Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 24 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was a French actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and ...
, Théâtre des Arts * 1934:
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* 1947: Théâtre national de Chaillot * 1955: Hubert Gignoux, Centre dramatique de l'Ouest * 1962: Bernard Jenny,
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* 1962:
Jean Davy Jean Davy (15 October 1911 – 5 February 2001) was a French film, stage voice actor. Career He was a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. In the premiere production of ''Antigone (Anouilh play), Antig ...
, Tréteaux de France. * 1968:
Jean-Marie Serreau Jean-Marie Serreau (; 28 April 1915 – 22 May 1973) was a 20th-century French actor, theatre director and a former student of Charles Dullin. Serreau directed the in Paris during the 1950s-1960s and established the at in Vincennes in 1970. ...
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Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
* 1977: Guy Rétoré, Théâtre de l'Est parisien,
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* 1995:
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Théâtre du Rond-Point The Théâtre du Rond-Point () is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement. History The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. I ...
* 2002:
Bernard Sobel Bernard Sobel (1887–1964) was an American playwright, a drama critic for the ''New York Daily Mirror'', an author of a number of books on theatre and theatre history, and a publicist. Career Among his clients were Florenz Ziegfeld, Charles Dil ...
, Théâtre de Gennevilliers


See also

* '' Le Pain dur'' * '' Le Père humilié'' * List of works by Paul Claudel


External links

* ''L'Otage'', édition Gallimard 1911
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References

1911 plays Plays by Paul Claudel {{1910s-play-stub