La Séparation at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens. Claude Simon at the theater

Claude Simon's only play, between the unspoken and the isolated, is on view from September 23, 2025 to January 4, 2026, at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens.

A major author of the Nouveau Roman and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Claude Simon has rarely ventured onto the stage. La Séparation, his only play, plunges the spectator into the intimacy of a bourgeois family, seemingly united, but consumed by silence and lies.

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At the heart of this closed-door situation, Sabine contemplates leaving her husband Georges, while his mother Louise clings to appearances. In an adjoining room, the old aunt is dying, the last witness to this drama in which family tensions are stifled rather than expressed.

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In the tradition of the works of Claude Simon, La Séparation focuses on the details of everyday life and the mechanisms of domination and avoidance that govern human relationships. Between weighty silences and tangled dialogues, the play explores emotional and social confinement in a staging that promises an atmosphere as oppressive as it is fascinating.

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This show will appeal to fans of psychological theater and intense family drama, as well as those curious to discover Claude Simon 's only foray into dramatic writing. From September 23, 2025 to January 4, 2026, La Séparation takes over the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens for a plunge into the intimacy of a couple in crisis. A work of rare intensity, where the unspoken weighs as heavily as the spoken word.

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