A Love Story: How the Heartland Fell in Love with a 400-year-old French Comedic Playwright

by Chantal M Roberts

Overview

C'est une histoire d'amour.

This is a love story.

 

Like any good romance, there is a boy and a girl. The world conspires to keep them from one another. 

A Love Story: How the Heartland Fell in Love With a 400-Year-Old French Comedic Playwright is the retelling of the historical saga how Kansas City artists, actors, and businesses band together to bring one woman's vision to fruition: a much-anticipated 400th birthday celebration for one of the world's most produced comedic playwrights, Molière.

Felicia Londré, Ph.D. and KC MOlière: 400 in 2022 endured the untimely death of two of their most ardent supporters, the pandemic, while overcoming the obstacle that many Americans had not heard of Molière. Despite the obstacles, Kansas City won international recognition for the number and variety of events related to his immortal comedy and their relation to Kansas City's French heritage.

This is the story of two flyover states in the Heartland opening their arms to welcome the genius that is Molière.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781737426844
Publisher:	Tilting At Windmills Press
Publication date:	01/26/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Chantal M. Roberts, CPCU, AIC, RPA is a claim handling practices, standards, and procedures consultant, sought-after speaker, college professor, and author. She has over 20 years' experience as an adjuster. She released The Art of Adjusting: Writing Down the Unwritten Rules of Claims Handling in July 2021. Chantal was approached by KC MOlière: 400 in 2022, an organization for which she volunteered to write its history. She is currently writing on her third book, as yet untitled, which will aim to help consumers with understanding their insurance claim and policies.

Table of Contents

1.         Introduction

2.         C'est une histoire d'amour (This Is a Love Story)

3.         L'Idée (The Idea)

4.         Le valet et la bonne (The Valet and the Maid)

5.         Allons, enfants! (Come Along, Children)

6.        Le valet est mort. Vive le valet! (The Valet Is Dead. Long Live the Valet!)

7.         Mon cœur (My Love)

8.         Les obstacles (Obstacles)

9.         L'Espoire (Hope)

10.       Les nouvelles choses (New Things)

11.        L'École (School)

12.        L'Anticipation (Anticipation)

13.        On advance! (Onward)

14.        Commençons (We're Starting)

15.        L'Automne (Autumn)

16.        Bonjour, Kansas City (Hello, Kansas City)

17.        Ce n'est pas au revoir (It's Not "Good Bye")

18.        Chronology of Accomplishments

Editorial Reviews

A Love Story offers an intoxicating blend of historical detail with lively storytelling that illuminates the arduous, multi-year journey undertaken by a hardworking and impossibly dedicated team of collaborators - led by the inimitable Felicia Londre - to bring together a city-wide celebration of the French master, Moliere. Radiating with joy even in its most somber moments, Roberts' chronicle of KC MOliere: 400 in 2022 reminds that this playwright's reach extends far beyond the page and stage; by challenging us to honestly reflect on our own human foibles, Moliere teaches us how to better shape society as a whole. Through this heartfelt and thorough account of the festival's triumph, we experience anew the wondrous gift Moliere continues to provide to theatre lovers and novices alike.

Collin Vorbeck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Theatre

Blackburn College

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