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Didier Martin
Didier Martin is a French politician. He is also known as being Yasmina husband. They have two children together. -
Born
Yasmina was born may 1 1959, she was the daughter of Jewish parents who had immigrated to France. Her Iranian father was an engineer, businessman, and a pianist, and her mother was a violinist originally from Budapest. She is also known as an actor,novelist, and screenwriter -
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Yasminas personal life
Yasmina Reza prefers not to reveal her personal details to the media and public. Due to this she has not revealed any information about her relationships, other than she has a husband.She has 2 children but she prefers to keep information about them private. -
Education
She studied theatre at University Paris X in Nanterre, and later pursued acting at Jacques Lecoq Drama School. As a working actress in France, Reza won roles in contemporary and classic productions. -
Writing her first play
she began to write her own plays.She completed her first play, Conversations after a Burial in 1987 and was awarded the Moliere Award for Best Author, the French equivalent of the Tony. It was then later première in 2000, at the Almeida Theatre, London -
Second play
Her second play was La Traversée de l’hiver (1989; “Winter Crossing”), about the unlikely friendship that develops between six people spending their vacation at a Swiss mountain resort. -
‘Art’
In the play three friends quarrel over a work of modern art—which is, in effect, a blank canvas. The play shows a great example on how fragile friendship can be and how easily people can turn on eachother. -
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Art
‘Art’ which premiered in 1994 that brought reza a lot of attention. It won many awards like the Moliere Awards for Best Author, Best Play, and Best Production; the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1997; and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1998. Drama Desk Awards - 1998 - Outstanding Play Gold Star, Drama Desk Awards - 1998 - Outstanding Play, New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1998 - Best Play Gold Star,Tony Awards - 1998 - Best Play Gold Star,Olivier Awards - 1997 - Best Comedy -
L’Homme du hasard (Paris, France)
The Unexpected Man, Translation by Christopher Hampton in 1998. Following long monologues by a self-absorbed male author and his female seatmate and fan, the play ends with a brief dialogue between the two that centres on people’s need for one another. -
The unexpected man
was revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company and was nominated for the BBC Award for Best New Play at the Laurence Olivier Theater Awards. -
Trois versions de la vie (Life x 3) *play
Trois versions de la vie is the fifth play by the French writer Yasmina Reza, written in 2000. It was produced at the Théâtre in Paris in 2001. -
Rezas comment on ‘Art’
“Reza thought ‘Art’ was a disaster because she could hear the audience laughing. While this story is anecdotal, it is supported, at least in theme, by comments Reza has made elsewhere. “My plays are tragedy, funny tragedy,” she told Business Week in 2001. “To me, ‘Art’ is heartbreaking.” ” -
Trois Versions de la Vie (Life x 3)
and performed in New York at the Circle in the Square Theater, 2003. -
une pièce espagnole
“A Spanish play” a play written by Yasmina reza which consists about a cast of actors rehearsing for and appearing in a play written by a Spanish playwright, gives insight into the theatrical world. -
God of Carnage (Le Dieu du carnage )
made London debut in 2008 and then won a Laurence Olivier God of Carnage won and also won Best Play at the 2009 Tony Awards. -
God of carnage play
begins with an 11-year-old boy (Ferdinand) who strikes another boy (Bruno) with a stick, thereby knocking out two front teeth. The parents of each boy meet. What begins as a civil discussion ultimately devolves into a yelling match. In spite of their diplomatic intentions, we get to see the characters' dark aspects be revealed. We get to watch adults that behave like unpleasant, obnoxious kids. If we look carefully, we might be able to recognize a little bit of ourselves. -
Chicas (film)
‘Chicas was her first movie! Which was with Emmanuelle Seigner and Carmen Maura -
God of Carnage (2011)
In collaboration with Polanski, Reza wrote the screenplay adaptation of her own play God of Carnage for the 2011 Polanski film Carnage. -
Comment vous racontez la partie (“How You Talk the Game”)
One of Reza’s later plays -
Quote by Yasmina
The interview is a game. I try to structure interviews in such a way that I say nothing. It's better for me to be mysterious.- YASMINA REZA, "Celebrated Playwright Who Resists Celebrity," The New York Times, May 24, 2011
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Yasmina view on theatre
“Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists." And it is true that in her plays, pretension, hypocrisy and emotional carelessness are skewered with devastating accuracy. -
What motivates Yasmina
she sets out to write plays with "big ideas". "You know, critics in general always have a tendency to give a sociological dimension to my work. For me, I'm thrilled they say that, but it's not that that animates me. What motivates me most is writing about people who are well brought up and yet, underneath that veneer, they break down. Their nerves break down. It's when you hold yourself well until you just can't any more, until your instinct takes over. It's physiological." -
Bella figura (beautiful figure)
which she wrote for the Schaubühne in Berlin and later directed in a 2017 Paris production.