Théâtre - Apostrophes

On September 28, 1984, Bernard Pivot welcomed Marguerite Duras—who had just published *The Lover*—as a live guest on his famous show *Apostrophes*. Today, Sylvie Boivin and Jean Chollet recount that conversation, word for word.

A performance that offers a window into Marguerite Duras’s unique, surprising, moving, and at times shocking voice. Listening to her words is also a way of hearing what she did not write. Through his attentive listening, his kind attention, and the eager curiosity of his questions, Bernard Pivot conveys his interest in the writer and her work. He probes deeper into the conversation and seeks to bring to light what has not been written.

Beyond the female writer and the man of letters, in that moment, face to face, they become all the men and women who speak to and listen to one another with sincerity and respect because they are genuinely interested in each other.

By Bernard Pivot
With Sylvie Boivin and Jean Chollet
Cie Aparté.