IV. Calendar of Proustian events
Compared with the last letter, let us note in particular the availability of the reduced rate for the show Une Soirée avec Proust at the théâtre Marigny.
13 March, 10 April, 22 May, 19 June, by videoconference, from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, a seminar on editing Proust's correspondence, organised by Françoise Leriche and open to all (link for the videoconference)
16 March, at the École normale supérieure, as part of the seminar « Papiers. Livres. Archives. Bibliothèques », a lecture by Antoine Compagnon: Proust exposé ?
16, 17 and 23 March: Une soirée avec Proust, at the théâtre Marigny (readings from the correspondence and works by Julie Depardieu, Nicolas Maury, Hugo Becker and Thibault de Montalembert). The theatre is offering us a reduced rate (€35 instead of €45 in category 1, €20 instead of €25 in category 3), available by booking via this page: https://billetterie.theatremarigny.fr/fr/product-bundle-multi-steps/80
18 March, at 7pm, at the hôtel Swann, as part of the "rencontres des amis de Proust": presentation of the Musée Bonnat-Helleu, which has just reopened in Bayonne, by its director, Barthélémy Etchegoyen Glama
19 March, at the librairie Delamain (Paris), launch of Evelyne Bloch Dano's book Le parfum des années (collection "Ma nuit au musée", a night spent at the Villa du Temps retrouvé)
19 March, at the Maison des Associations in Biarritz, a lecture by Jean-Christophe Antoine, "La Madeleine sans Proust"
20 March, at the hôtel Swann, a meeting between Luc Fraisse and Mireille Naturel on the subject of "Travaux proustiens choisis" by Philip Kolb, published by Classiques Garnier
24 March, at 7pm, at the hôtel Swann, once again as part of the "rencontres des amis de Proust": presentation by Philippe Blay and members of the quatuor Tchalik of a new recording of works by Reynaldo Hahn (including the Trio composed in part at Beg-Meil during his stay with Proust, in 1895)
31 March, at 6.30pm, at the mairie of the 11th arrondissement of Paris, a lecture by Jean-Yves Tadié, "Les Villes thermales dans la Littérature"
Saturday 23 May: journée des aubépines at Illiers-Combray: a lecture on Anna de Noailles by Françoise Breuillaud Sottas, historian, curator of the exhibition on Anna de Noailles presented in Evian in 2019, a convivial lunch at the restaurant, a piano recital by Philippe
Cassard, readings from Proust's correspondence with Anna de Noailles by Ivan Morane (see above).
29 May: a study day on Pélerinages proustiens organised at the École Normale Supérieure by Christophe Pradeau
Saturday 20 June: a pianola demonstration and Proustian readings at the musée de la musique mécanique in Dollon (Sarthe) (an event proposed to the association by Jean-Paul Henriet; further information to follow)
28 and 29 September, in Barcelona, a conference on Marcel Proust et les langues minoritaires ou minorées, organised by ARIPIC and the société catalane d'amis de Marcel Proust
Also:
The société des hôtels littéraires has invited Antoine Compagnon to the hôtel Swann, on 3 March, where he will discuss his two most recent books: 1966, année mirifique and Un hiver avec Matisse. We are told that Marcel Proust may be mentioned during this presentation...
Every Sunday until 12 April, at the théâtre Essaïon (Paris), the show Proust en clair, by Jacques Mougenot. The theatre is offering SAMP members a reduced rate of €15 (instead of €25). To do so, please book either by email at the following address: essaionreservations@gmail.com, or by telephone on 01 42 78 46 42, quoting the code MADELEINE.
From 7 to 30 March, at the Petit Café (Paris XIV), an exhibition of drawings of outfits and dresses inspired by À la recherche du temps perdu, by Elisabeth Bin
From 21 May to 27 September, at Tate Britain (London), an exhibition on James McNeill Whistler
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