Reza's HOW YOU TALK THE GAME to Debut at Comédie-Française
By: Nicole Rosky May. 24, 2011
According to the NY Times, Yasmina Reza's newest work, HOW YOU TALK THE GAME, might make its debut at Paris' Comédie-Française in the near future. The new play, which was inspired by Guy Peellaert's 'The Big Room,' is about a French novelist who decides to promote her latest project by agreeing to do an interview with a reporter.
Reza, who admits that she doesn't sare for giving interviews commented on the subject matter: "After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that's enough."
She added, "Too often what are described as interviews are inquisitions. It's not about the work. It's more like, ‘Who are you?,' which really, really annoys me. If I didn't have to do them, I wouldn't. But if you don't talk yourself, there will be 20 people talking about you ahead of you."
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In 1987 Reza wrote Conversations after a Burial, which won the Molière Award, the French equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Award or the Tony Award, for Best Author. Following this, she translated Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" for Roman Polanski and was nominated for a Molière Award for Best Translation. Her second play, Winter Crossing, won the 1990 Molière Award for Best Fringe Production, and her next play The Unexpected Man, enjoyed successful productions in England, France, Scandinavia, Germany and New York.
In 1995, 'Art' premiered in Paris and went on to win the Molière Award for Best Author. Since then it has been produced worldwide and translated and performed in over 30 languages. The London production, produced by David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, received the 1996-97 Laurence Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award. It also won the Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway with an opening night cast of James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden, and Hope Davis. God of Carnage won Best Play at the 2009 Tony Awards.
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