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Evolution in the Theatre of Gabriel Cousin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2009

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To anyone familiar with the work of Gabriel Cousin, adaptability is a natural and acceptable phenomenon that has been, and still remains, a feature of his writing for the theatre. As an evolving and creative activity, his dramatic output has expressed his ‘prise de conscience’ on social and political themes for the past thirty years. Since the end of the Second World War when, with the group known as Les Compagnons de la Saint-Jean, Cousin's rôle was to put to paper the collective product of their ideas, he has continued to work on a collaborative basis with producers, musicians, designers and theatre managements. Indeed, the willingness to do so frequently becomes a necessity in view of some of the difficult problems that a production of his plays entail – problems that affect the audience as much as the actors and producers.

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Research Article
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Copyright © International Federation for Theatre Research 1976

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12. Interview (p. 4).

13. Interview (p. 11).

14. Interview (p. 7).

15. Interview (p. 7).

16. Programme to production of Le Cycle du Crabe by Théâtre Populaire Occitan, Auch (Gers), 24/4/75, p. 3.

17. Interview (p. 7).

18. Notes received from Gabriel Cousin.