Alexander Leon Grand
[2008]
Traducteur(s) Shelley Tepperman (Auteur féminin) Nombre de personnages 3 Personnage(s), 3 Homme(s), 3 Acteur(s) |  |
Original
- Original en français par Sébastien Harrisson sous le titre de Stanislas Walter Le Grand [2007] (Dramaturges Éditeurs, 2008) 12.95$
- L'Arrière-scène, 21 octobre 2007
- Une première version de ce texte a été présenté sous la forme d'un atelier public dirigé par Benoït Vermeulen, par le CEAD, le 7 décembre 2000.
Résumé
Alexander is reluctantly beginning a new life in a war-damaged country in the company of an old man he barely knows. Refusing to connect with anyone, he spends his time alone, bouncing his ball against an ancient stone wall. One day, a mysterious voice comes from the wall that claims to be the memory of centuries past, and shares its fears of demolition. The stories the wall tells will have an impact on Alexander and his future.
Plus d'informations »
- Décor: The action takes place somewhere in the Middle East, in a country of sand and time-worn stone, a country that was destroyed by a series of wars and is now being rebuilt. Under a blazing sun, where water and desert, ancient and modern, and east and west all coexist, two beings are beginning to get acquainted.
- Caractéristiques des personnages: The Old Man
Age 70, his beaming face etched with wrinkles; he speaks with a
European French accent
Alexander
Somwhere between age 7 and 10, his face sad and obstinate, as grudging with smiles as with words
Voice of the Arab Child
At once 7 and 1000 years old, faceless, imprisoned in a wall; his words are almost a kind of chant.
Extrait
« ALEXANDER : No one can survive inside a wall… / VOICE OF THE ARAB CHILD : I made myself small / ALEXANDER : You'd suffocate, there's no air! / VOICE OF THE ARAB CHILD : Small and slender enough | To fit between two stones | As small as a whisper / ALEXANDER : A whisper? / VOICE OF THE ARAB CHILD : Yes | So when it feels
Like all is about to end | That even this tiny whisper | Will be silenced | It's worth attempting | A word to a stranger | In the hope of making a friend »
