Stefan Zweig’s tender, ironic epistolary text crackles to life in this simply staged but riveting two-hander. A wraithlike Ethel Houbiers embodies a voice from beyond the grave, pouring out her tale of passion to the famous writer who seduced but barely noticed her. Luc-Martin Meyer, by turns intrigued, flattered, devastated and bemused, offers a perfectly subtle foil to her raw, eloquent emotion. Summer theatre of an unusually high standard. In French.
