Performed on 8 March 2021, Rediscover Classical Plays offered a bilingual journey in French and English through a selection of great works from theatre and literature. Built around love, hatred and the promises that bind two people together, the performance put the great vows of marriage to the test: to love one another in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, for richer or poorer, and to remain faithful until death do us part. The journey begins with Romeo and Juliet. In the famous balcony scene, the two young lovers strive to let their love triumph over the hatred that divides their families. But Friar Laurence’s plan to help Juliet escape her marriage to Paris is thwarted by a cruel twist of fate: the message intended for Romeo never reaches him, turning their love story into tragedy. The performance then moves on to “The Marriage of Figaro”, exploring the less romantic side of married life. On the eve of their wedding, Susanna reveals Count Almaviva’s true intentions to Figaro. Behind the room offered to the young couple lie power, seduction and financial interests. Love must then contend with social inequality and manipulation. The performance then shifts towards much darker worlds. In “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”, a man attempts to separate the good and evil that coexist within him, only to gradually lose control of the creature he has unleashed. In “Dial M for Murder”, an attempted murder goes horribly wrong. Margot succeeds in killing the man who tries to strangle her, but Tina’s increasingly strange behaviour gradually reveals a far more disturbing truth behind what first appears to have been an accident. With Jean Cocteau’s “The Human Voice”, a woman experiences the final moments of a love affair over the telephone. Alone, speaking to a voice she can no longer hold on to, she struggles to preserve her dignity as heartbreak slowly drives her towards despair. Finally, in an extract from George Bernard Shaw’s “Man and Superman”, Don Juan, the Devil and the Statue meet in the afterlife to debate love, beauty, free will and the meaning of existence. Don Juan refuses to drift aimlessly: for him, living means choosing a direction rather than simply being carried along. This philosophical and witty confrontation brings the performance to a close on the shifting boundary between heaven and hell, pleasure and knowledge, freedom and destiny. A theatrical creation combining passion, humour, tragedy, suspense and philosophical reflection, bringing classic works into dialogue across languages and centuries. The evening continued with an improvisation show by the English-speaking troupe The Parentheticals.