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  1. Mask of tragedy from classical Greek theatre as might have been worn by actor-director-playwright Sophocles in Oedipus Rex (cf. page 20-1), © Edimédia
  2. Hamlet weighing up the pros and cons of his objective (Hamlet, cf. page 101-2), illustration by Eugène Delacroix, © Coll. part./Edimédia
  3. Molière playing Sganarelle, the August clown in Dom Juan (cf. page 336),
© Collection Viollet
  4. Cyrano (Coquelin the Elder), beneath the balcony, posing and taking risks with Roxane's love for Christian (Cyrano de Bergerac, cf. pages 179-80, 268 and 520),
© Harlingue - Viollet
  5. Charlie the tramp (Charles Chaplin) waits to see the flower girl's reaction
(City Lights, cf. pages 277 and 279), © Collection YL
  6. Stan (Laurel) and Ollie (Hardy) bicker like a couple of children (cf. page 135-6),
© Collection Christophe L.
  7. Mother Courage (Helene Weigel) is torn between business and her children (Mother Courage and her Children, cf. page 139-40), © Lipnitzki - Viollet
  8. Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) dreams of omnipotence (Citizen Kane, cf. pages 143-4 and 178-9), © Collection Christophe L.
  9. "Concentration Camp" Erhardt (Sig Ruman) is not laughing any more (To Be or Not to Be, cf. pages 136-7 and 235-6), © Collection Christophe L.
  10. Vladimir (Pierre Latour) and Estragon (Lucien Raimbourg) wait… and wait… and wait… (Waiting for Godot, cf. page 48), © Lipnitzki - Viollet
  11. An anxious moment for Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), and for us too (Psycho, cf. page 191), © 1960 by Universal City Studios, Inc. Courtesy of Universal Studios Publishing Rights. All rights reserved
  12. Obelix is proud as a Corsican (Asterix in Corsica, cf. page 373-4),
© 1997 Les Editions Albert René/Goscinny-Uderzo
  13. Fausto (Vittorio Gassman) has failed to achieve his objective: he is condemned to live (That Female Scent, cf. page 318), © Collection Christophe L.
  14. Ariel dares to hope (The Little Mermaid, cf. pages 496), © Disney
  15. Phil (Bill Murray) suffers from a lack of authenticity (Groundhog Day, cf. page 261), © Collection Christophe L.
  16. Peter (Jim Broadbent) rises to his level of incompetence (The Peter Principle, cf. page 84-5), photo Mike Vaughan, © BBC 1997