Le Pain dur

About the show

Set twenty years after L’Otage, the play follows Turelure, now an elderly official, and his son Louis, who owes money to Lumîr, a Polish woman seeking funds for her country’s liberation. Louis, Lumîr and Turelure’s mistress Sichel scheme to obtain Turelure’s hoard; after Louis shoots at his father and Turelure dies, Louis inherits his property and makes a self-serving marriage proposal to Sichel.