Yesterday’s mail brought a new issue of L’avant-scène théâtre, dated 1 Décembre 2020. It features the full text of the play Un pas après l’autre by Fabio Marra. I’m not sure why it came just now, six months after the cover date, but at least the website is consistent: it declares that the product is available to purchase only starting 2021-07-02.
Theaters in Paris reopened with limited capacity on May 19, after a six month closure. With nothing new on stage, L’avant-scène théâtre suspended publication of new issues but allowed subscribers to request items from the back catalog. I recently received and read the February 2020 issue containing Marie des poules: Gouvernante chez George Sand, but haven’t had time to write up a post about it. In the meantime, I’ve started another Maigret novel, so the play will have to wait. I’ll get to it though – vacationing for several days over the July 4 holiday should give me plenty of time for reading. As they say, un pas après l’autre…