Comedy
The Libertine(Vabamõtleja) A philosophical comedy in two acts. One crazy day in the life of the famous French philosopher Denis Diderot. Sexual freedom, flirtation, passion and marital quarrels get a new meaning when an article titled Morale needs to written for the Encyclopaedia soon to be completed.
Translated by Margus Alver Director: Madis Kalmet Stage Designer: Ann Lumiste Light Designer: Margus Vaigur Musical Designer: Toomas Lunge In Roles: Veikko Täär, Helena Merzin, Karin Tammaru (Endla Theatre), Helen Hansberg, Marianne Kütt, Marika Barabanštšikova, Ragne Pekarev, Indrek Tulp
Presented with one interval. Running Time:  2:10Performances: |
The author of the play, Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, is one of the most widely read and most played authors writing in French whose plays have quite often been staged in the theatres in Estonia, too. Philosopher Denis Diderot has interested the author for a long time. Schmitt also wrote his doctoral thesis about him.
The premiere on 15 February 2006 in the Small Building of the Vanemuine. Production gallery:
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