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Jan 2024
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La comédienne de balcon (The Balcony Per...

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To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Marie, a stage actor who found a way to keep French theater alive during the Covid lockdowns. Stick around until the end for an update on what Marie has been up to since the first episode aired!

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/4ba190U.

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