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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
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2. Hamlet weighing up the pros and cons of
his objective (Hamlet, cf. page 101-2), illustration
by Eugène Delacroix, © Coll. part./Edimédia
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3. Molière playing Sganarelle, the
August clown in Dom Juan (cf. page 336),
© Collection Viollet |
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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 |
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5. Charlie the tramp (Charles Chaplin) waits
to see the flower girl's reaction
(City Lights, cf. pages 277 and 279), © Collection
YL |
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6. Stan (Laurel) and Ollie (Hardy) bicker
like a couple of children (cf. page 135-6),
© Collection Christophe L. |
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7. Mother Courage (Helene Weigel) is torn
between business and her children (Mother Courage and her
Children, cf. page 139-40), © Lipnitzki - Viollet |
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8. Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) dreams
of omnipotence (Citizen Kane, cf. pages 143-4 and
178-9), © Collection Christophe L. |
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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. |
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10. Vladimir (Pierre Latour) and Estragon
(Lucien Raimbourg) wait… and wait… and wait… (Waiting for
Godot, cf. page 48), © Lipnitzki - Viollet |
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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 |
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12. Obelix is proud as a Corsican (Asterix
in Corsica, cf. page 373-4),
© 1997 Les Editions Albert René/Goscinny-Uderzo |
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13. Fausto (Vittorio Gassman) has failed
to achieve his objective: he is condemned to live (That
Female Scent, cf. page 318), © Collection Christophe
L. |
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14. Ariel dares to hope (The Little
Mermaid, cf. pages 496), © Disney |
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15. Phil (Bill Murray) suffers from a lack
of authenticity (Groundhog Day, cf. page 261), ©
Collection Christophe L. |
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16. Peter (Jim Broadbent) rises to his level
of incompetence (The Peter Principle, cf. page 84-5),
photo Mike Vaughan, © BBC 1997 |