One morning, confirmed bachelor Jean-Jacques leaves his door ajar, and a total stranger slips into his life. Is she deranged, a squatter, or a woman from his past? As a lawyer, he should know how to get rid of her, but as a man, he has no idea. His world is turned upside-down, when what started as a comic encounter, changes his life forever.
One morning, confirmed bachelor Jean-Jacques leaves his door ajar, and a total stranger slips into his life. Is she deranged, a squatter, or a woman from his past? As a lawyer, he should know how to get rid of her, but as a man, he has no idea. His world is turned upside-down, when what started as a comic encounter, changes his life forever.
Translated from the French play 'L'Aide Memoire'.One fatal morning, Jean-Jacques' door is left ajar. A strange woman slips through the crack in his orderly life. Is she a squatter, a wanderer or a woman from his past? As Jean-Jacques' tidy flat is rapidly invaded, his inner space is also beseiged. What started as a comic encounter changes his life forever.
'I love Jean-Claude Carriere's plays, to start with they merely catch your attention, but then they seduce you with their special quality, seldom found in theatre, an exhilaration of the imagination.'JEAN-PAUL LUCET, THEATRE MAGAZINE"A fine French vignette" ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mail"An adorable portrayal of the gameplay of lone lovers, thrillingly chasing each other in circles."★ ★ ★ ★ WhatsOnStage
JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIEREHe is one of France's most renowned contemporarywriters and has received the Prix Goncourt for his novel,La Controverse de Valladolid (1992).His extensive theatrical credits include adapting TheMahabharata for Peter Brook and Proof for DavidAuburn.He wrote the screenplays for The Unbearable Lightnessof Being, The Tin Drum, Cyrano de Bergerac, and manyothers for directors Jacques Tati, Jean-Luc Godard, MilosForman and Luis Bunuel...The Little Black Book was first produced in France asL'Aide-Mémoire where it received great critical andpublic acclaim.
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