Simplice by Emile Zola

An immersive experience for children sat on a grass carpet

French Institute

Adapted by David Furlong

With Simplice, Émile Zola will be honored as part of the media library’s season of French tales. Before becoming one of the most published and translated French writers in the world, Zola, still a young author, had Contes à Ninon published in 1864. This was followed by Thérèse Raquin (1867) and The Saga of the Rougon-Macquart (1873-1883) which made him the greatest naturalist.

Exchange Theatre delves into these tales and thus brings to light an unknown ecologist side of Emile Zola. A young man telling amusing stories about fairies in love and a not so clever prince charming.

creative team

After Emile Zola

With Ben Cooper, Fanny Dulin, David Furlong, Abby Forknall

And the voices of
Kevin Rowntree
and
George Xander