
Stéphane Poliakov - Le Trust D.E. Histoire de la mort de l’Europe d’Ilya Ehrenbourg : un projet théâtral
Université Paris 8, EA 1573 / University Paris 8, EA 1573.
Collectif Spectacle-Laboratoire, Paris.
stepoliakov@hotmail.com / spectacle.laboratoire@gmail.com
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Abstract
In 1923, Ehrenburg publishes in Berlin The Trust D.E. History of the death of Europe. This novel is both satirical, tragic and Rabelaisian. Its main character is a picaresque adventurer, son of a Dutch woman and of the Prince of Monaco. He enrolled in the Red Army, is a gigolo in Paris where he suffers from a love delusion with a woman he associates with the mythical Europa. He organizes in the USA a trust with the aim of destroying Europe from 1927 till 1940 or 1945 in an earlier version (the novel is a dystopic anticipation). The plan is systematically implemented one country after another. In 1924, the novel is staged by Meyerhold in Soviet Russia. It is one of his key production thanks to the use of the grotesque, with a system of moving panels, transformism in acting and burlesque references to Keaton or Chaplin, foxtrot dancing and a ‘giraffoid dance’ by Parnakh with the first Russian jazz-band. This paper offers both an introduction to this original novel and to a new creative theatre project aiming a translation into French of the novel and a theatre performance first proposed as a monologue in Nantes in February 2018.
Mots clefs : Ilya Ehrenbourg. Mort de l’Europe. Roman d’anticipation. Dystopie. Grotesque. Vsevolod Meyerhold. Mise en scène.
Keywords: Ilya Ehrenburg. Death of Europe. Dystopian novel. Grotesque. Vsevolod Meyerhold. Theatre Directing.
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Consulté le 25 janvier 2021