Babette’s Feast

4 Lella Costa legge Karen Blixen

Babette’s Feast

€ 3.00
Friday 23 May 2014 9:30 pm
teatro Manzoni 3
Lella Costa reads Karen Blixen
 
The extraordinary Lella Costa reads one of the most beautiful and well-known short stories by acclaimed Danish writer Karen Blixen. Babette, a renowned Parisian chef forced into exile after the overthrow of the Paris Commune because of her Communard ideals, takes refuge in Berlevaag, a small town along a Norwegian fjord. Babette is welcomed into the peaceful and frugal lives of Martina and Philippa, two aging sisters who take her on as a housekeeper and who dedicate their lives to helping others, giving what little they have to the needy. But it is Babette who teaches them the value of true sharing, gifting her art and all her lottery winnings to prepare an unforgettable and exquisitely sophisticated French feast in commemoration of their deceased father. Through this extraordinary meal, the small community experiences a true, profound and joyous moment of sharing because, as Babette knows, “When I did my very best I could make [people] perfectly happy”.

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Lella Costa has worked in theatre, cinema, radio and television. She made her debut in 1987 with Adlib, which was followed by Un’altra storia (1998), Precise Parole (2000) and Traviata (2002) directed by Gabriele Vacis; Femminile e singolare. Vedi alla voce poetessa (2010); Alice, una meraviglia di Paese (2005), Amleto (2007), Ragazze, nelle lande scoperchiate del fuori (2009), Arie (2011) e Casomai senza un saluto (2013) directed by Giorgio Gallione. The texts of her theatre plays are included in La daga nel loden (1992), Che faccia fare (1998), In tournée (2002) and Amleto, Alice e la Traviata (2008), published by Feltrinelli. She works for tv, cinema and radio, and has authored La sindrome di Gertrude. Quasi un’autobiografia (with A. Càsoli, Rizzoli, 2009); Come una specie di sorriso (Piemme, 2012). She took part in the tournée Ferite a morte with Serena Dandini and now she is acting in the show Nuda proprietà by Lidia Ravera.

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Karen Blixen (1885-1962) was born and died in Denmark. She moved to Africa with her husband, whom she then left after falling in love with an English hunter. She returned to Europe and began publishing under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Her works include Letters from Africa (1981), Seven Gothic Tales (1935), Out of Africa (1938), Anecdotes of Destiny (1958) and many more stories that have inspired great film directors, such as Orson Welles and Sydney Pollack.

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