Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, by Jean-Philippe Daguerre
The play is performed in its original version, in French with English supertitles.
Parental guidance for children under 14.
Opening on January 18, GenerationTheatre presents the U.S. premiere of Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, a play by French playwright Jean-Philippe Daguerre, acclaimed at the 2017 Avignon Theater Festival.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes place when Paris is occupied by Hitler’s army. In 1942, a series of anti-Jewish laws compelled Jewish owners to identify their stores as "Jewish businesses" ("entreprise juive"). As a result, many Jews transferred ownership to Gentiles in the hope of avoiding the confiscation of Jewish businesses by the occupation government. Joseph Haffmann is one such business owner. He has managed to save his wife and children by sending them to Switzerland, but he stays in Paris to save his only possession: his jewelry store. He asks Pierre, his long-time employee, to accept temporary ownership of the store, and to move into the attached apartment with his wife, Isabelle. He also asks Pierre and Isabelle to hide him from the Germans – him and a single painting by Matisse. Pierre and Isabelle, who desperately want children but cannot procreate, accept on the condition that Joseph sleep with Isabelle until she becomes pregnant.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann is best characterized as a “dramedy,” cleverly weaving the bittersweet comedy that emerges from the darkest times with the harsh reality of Nazi rule. The play starts as an intimate three-character story, in which the pains and frustration of a barren couple echoes the pains and frustration of the hunted jeweler. The painting by Matisse and Pierre’s success as a talented jewelry artist – quickly becoming the toast of the German officers’ wives – are going to derail the carefully laid plan.
Artfully built around true events, Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes us back to the world of mistrust, fear, lies and courage of the four years in French history known as “The Occupation.” Without falling into the trappings of melodrama, Jean-Philippe Daguerre cleverly weaves comedy and drama to tell an unusual and endearing story.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Pascale Couderc, features Emmanuelle Lambert, Marion Lovinger, Thomas Marigné, Benoît Monin, and David Valayre. At the Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco from January 18 through February 3. Information and tickets: http://generationtheatre.com - Ticket Prices: $20 - $15; school/group rates upon request. Press contact: [email protected] – Administration: [email protected] – Tel: (415) 644-8676.
Generation Theatre, an ensemble theater company, is a California non-profit corporation.
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The play is performed in its original version, in French with English supertitles.
Parental guidance for children under 14.
Opening on January 18, GenerationTheatre presents the U.S. premiere of Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, a play by French playwright Jean-Philippe Daguerre, acclaimed at the 2017 Avignon Theater Festival.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes place when Paris is occupied by Hitler’s army. In 1942, a series of anti-Jewish laws compelled Jewish owners to identify their stores as "Jewish businesses" ("entreprise juive"). As a result, many Jews transferred ownership to Gentiles in the hope of avoiding the confiscation of Jewish businesses by the occupation government. Joseph Haffmann is one such business owner. He has managed to save his wife and children by sending them to Switzerland, but he stays in Paris to save his only possession: his jewelry store. He asks Pierre, his long-time employee, to accept temporary ownership of the store, and to move into the attached apartment with his wife, Isabelle. He also asks Pierre and Isabelle to hide him from the Germans – him and a single painting by Matisse. Pierre and Isabelle, who desperately want children but cannot procreate, accept on the condition that Joseph sleep with Isabelle until she becomes pregnant.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann is best characterized as a “dramedy,” cleverly weaving the bittersweet comedy that emerges from the darkest times with the harsh reality of Nazi rule. The play starts as an intimate three-character story, in which the pains and frustration of a barren couple echoes the pains and frustration of the hunted jeweler. The painting by Matisse and Pierre’s success as a talented jewelry artist – quickly becoming the toast of the German officers’ wives – are going to derail the carefully laid plan.
Artfully built around true events, Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes us back to the world of mistrust, fear, lies and courage of the four years in French history known as “The Occupation.” Without falling into the trappings of melodrama, Jean-Philippe Daguerre cleverly weaves comedy and drama to tell an unusual and endearing story.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Pascale Couderc, features Emmanuelle Lambert, Marion Lovinger, Thomas Marigné, Benoît Monin, and David Valayre. At the Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco from January 18 through February 3. Information and tickets: http://generationtheatre.com - Ticket Prices: $20 - $15; school/group rates upon request. Press contact: [email protected] – Administration: [email protected] – Tel: (415) 644-8676.
Generation Theatre, an ensemble theater company, is a California non-profit corporation.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, by Jean-Philippe Daguerre
The play is performed in its original version, in French with English supertitles.
Parental guidance for children under 14.
Opening on January 18, GenerationTheatre presents the U.S. premiere of Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, a play by French playwright Jean-Philippe Daguerre, acclaimed at the 2017 Avignon Theater Festival.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes place when Paris is occupied by Hitler’s army. In 1942, a series of anti-Jewish laws compelled Jewish owners to identify their stores as "Jewish businesses" ("entreprise juive"). As a result, many Jews transferred ownership to Gentiles in the hope of avoiding the confiscation of Jewish businesses by the occupation government. Joseph Haffmann is one such business owner. He has managed to save his wife and children by sending them to Switzerland, but he stays in Paris to save his only possession: his jewelry store. He asks Pierre, his long-time employee, to accept temporary ownership of the store, and to move into the attached apartment with his wife, Isabelle. He also asks Pierre and Isabelle to hide him from the Germans – him and a single painting by Matisse. Pierre and Isabelle, who desperately want children but cannot procreate, accept on the condition that Joseph sleep with Isabelle until she becomes pregnant.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann is best characterized as a “dramedy,” cleverly weaving the bittersweet comedy that emerges from the darkest times with the harsh reality of Nazi rule. The play starts as an intimate three-character story, in which the pains and frustration of a barren couple echoes the pains and frustration of the hunted jeweler. The painting by Matisse and Pierre’s success as a talented jewelry artist – quickly becoming the toast of the German officers’ wives – are going to derail the carefully laid plan.
Artfully built around true events, Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes us back to the world of mistrust, fear, lies and courage of the four years in French history known as “The Occupation.” Without falling into the trappings of melodrama, Jean-Philippe Daguerre cleverly weaves comedy and drama to tell an unusual and endearing story.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Pascale Couderc, features Emmanuelle Lambert, Marion Lovinger, Thomas Marigné, Benoît Monin, and David Valayre. At the Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco from January 18 through February 3. Information and tickets: http://generationtheatre.com - Ticket Prices: $20 - $15; school/group rates upon request. Press contact: [email protected] – Administration: [email protected] – Tel: (415) 644-8676.
Generation Theatre, an ensemble theater company, is a California non-profit corporation.
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The play is performed in its original version, in French with English supertitles.
Parental guidance for children under 14.
Opening on January 18, GenerationTheatre presents the U.S. premiere of Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, a play by French playwright Jean-Philippe Daguerre, acclaimed at the 2017 Avignon Theater Festival.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes place when Paris is occupied by Hitler’s army. In 1942, a series of anti-Jewish laws compelled Jewish owners to identify their stores as "Jewish businesses" ("entreprise juive"). As a result, many Jews transferred ownership to Gentiles in the hope of avoiding the confiscation of Jewish businesses by the occupation government. Joseph Haffmann is one such business owner. He has managed to save his wife and children by sending them to Switzerland, but he stays in Paris to save his only possession: his jewelry store. He asks Pierre, his long-time employee, to accept temporary ownership of the store, and to move into the attached apartment with his wife, Isabelle. He also asks Pierre and Isabelle to hide him from the Germans – him and a single painting by Matisse. Pierre and Isabelle, who desperately want children but cannot procreate, accept on the condition that Joseph sleep with Isabelle until she becomes pregnant.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann is best characterized as a “dramedy,” cleverly weaving the bittersweet comedy that emerges from the darkest times with the harsh reality of Nazi rule. The play starts as an intimate three-character story, in which the pains and frustration of a barren couple echoes the pains and frustration of the hunted jeweler. The painting by Matisse and Pierre’s success as a talented jewelry artist – quickly becoming the toast of the German officers’ wives – are going to derail the carefully laid plan.
Artfully built around true events, Adieu Monsieur Haffmann takes us back to the world of mistrust, fear, lies and courage of the four years in French history known as “The Occupation.” Without falling into the trappings of melodrama, Jean-Philippe Daguerre cleverly weaves comedy and drama to tell an unusual and endearing story.
Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Pascale Couderc, features Emmanuelle Lambert, Marion Lovinger, Thomas Marigné, Benoît Monin, and David Valayre. At the Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco from January 18 through February 3. Information and tickets: http://generationtheatre.com - Ticket Prices: $20 - $15; school/group rates upon request. Press contact: [email protected] – Administration: [email protected] – Tel: (415) 644-8676.
Generation Theatre, an ensemble theater company, is a California non-profit corporation.
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