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Lee Falk copyrighted the "Eris" ''(The Night People)'' in 1971 <ref name="dps71">Falk Lee, "Eris and Home at Six", Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1971, p 2</ref>.  
[[Lee Falk]] wrote<ref name="sljl-aug-64">Caplan Lois (1964), "The Phantom' Returns", ''St. Louis Jewish Light'' (St. Louis, Missouri), August 19 1964, p 1, 15</ref> "Eris" in 1964, and copyrighted "Eris" ''(The Night People)'' in 1971 <ref name="dps71">Falk Lee, "Eris and Home at Six", Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1971, p 2</ref>.  


==Plot==
==Plot==
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'''Scene'''
'''Scene'''
On a high bridge over a big river that borders a city
*On a high bridge over a big river that borders a city
'''Time'''
'''Time'''
The present, late at night
*The present, late at night
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'''Cast'''
'''Cast'''
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==Productions==
==Productions==
===Théâtre La Bruyère===
===Théâtre La Bruyère===
"Eris" was first staged by in 1966 by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_La_Bruy%C3%A8re "Théâtre La Bruyère"] in Paris. It was adapted into French by Chris Marker and directed by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Vitaly Georges Vitaly]. Cast: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Galabru Michel Galabru], [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Vialle Max Vialle] ...
On November 28, 1966 "Eris" (entitled in French as "Iris") was first staged at [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_La_Bruy%C3%A8re "Théâtre La Bruyère"] in Paris, France. It was adapted into French by Chris Marker and directed by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Vitaly Georges Vitaly]. Cast: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Galabru Michel Galabru], [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Vialle Max Vialle] ...


Lee Falk told<ref>Murphy Patricia, "The Toast of Paris, France: Mandrake's Master, Mr. Lee Falk", ''Detroit Free Press'' (Detroit, Michigan), 04 Jun 1967, p 184</ref> that when Alain Resnais was in NY to confering with him on the [[http://www.mandrakewiki.org/index.php?title=C%C3%89LEG|1966 June exibit]], Resnais learned that Falk had just finished writing "Eris". Resnais took the script back to Paris with him, and put into motion theatrical wheels that resulted in the production at Théâtre La Bruyère.  
Lee Falk told<ref>Murphy Patricia, "The Toast of Paris, France: Mandrake's Master, Mr. Lee Falk", ''Detroit Free Press'' (Detroit, Michigan), 04 Jun 1967, p 184</ref> that when Alain Resnais was in NY to confering with him on the [[http://www.mandrakewiki.org/index.php?title=C%C3%89LEG|1966 June exibit]], Resnais learned that Falk had just finished writing "Eris". Resnais took the script back to Paris with him, and put into motion theatrical wheels that resulted in the production at Théâtre La Bruyère.  
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Lee Falk was not able to be present for rehersals nor any of the performances, but he could read reviews from the Paris press:
Lee Falk was not able to be present for rehersals nor any of the performances, but he could read reviews from the Paris press:
*"L'Aurore", Gilbert Guillminault: ''"With Eris, Falk asserts himself as one of the masters of the theatre of ambiguity and uneasiness -along with Pinter, Albee, Schisgal..."''
*"L'Aurore", Gilbert Guillminault: ''"With Eris, Falk asserts himself as one of the masters of the theatre of ambiguity and uneasiness -along with Pinter, Albee, Schisgal..."''
*"Le Figaro" Jean-Jacques Gautier: ''"..admirably composed to creat an almost unbearable state of tension..."''
*"Le Figaro", Jean-Jacques Gautier: ''"..admirably composed to creat an almost unbearable state of tension..."''
*"Paris Semaine: ''".. It was, therefore, a very plesant surprise to find, in seeing "Eris" that he is a real dramatist."''
*"Paris Semaine: ''".. It was, therefore, a very plesant surprise to find, in seeing "Eris" that he is a real dramatist."''
*"Le Monde", Bertrand Poirot-Delpech: ''"..The mixture of pathetic and absurd, perfectly rendered by Chris Marker, testifies to the symbolic and scenic virtues of the genre."''
===Toneelgroep Theater===
On January 12, 1969 "Eris" was first staged at [https://www.theateraanderijn.nl/ Theater aan de Rijn, Arnhem] in Arnhem, Netherlands. It was adapted into Dutch by Karel Muller and directed by Ab Abspoel. Cast: René Lobo and Bernhard Droog. The last performance was on February 2, 1969.


===1970===
===1970===

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Lee Falk wrote[1] "Eris" in 1964, and copyrighted "Eris" (The Night People) in 1971 [2].

Plot

On a dark bridge at the darkest part of night two men meet. The two men are strangers but yet bound to each other. Dark plans are afoot. They are in the Temple of Eris, and she demands a sacrifice.

Cast

Scene

  • On a high bridge over a big river that borders a city

Time

  • The present, late at night

Cast

  • The Man
  • The Policeman
  • The Stranger
  • The Second Man


Productions

Théâtre La Bruyère

On November 28, 1966 "Eris" (entitled in French as "Iris") was first staged at "Théâtre La Bruyère" in Paris, France. It was adapted into French by Chris Marker and directed by Georges Vitaly. Cast: Michel Galabru, Max Vialle ...

Lee Falk told[3] that when Alain Resnais was in NY to confering with him on the [June exibit], Resnais learned that Falk had just finished writing "Eris". Resnais took the script back to Paris with him, and put into motion theatrical wheels that resulted in the production at Théâtre La Bruyère.

Lee Falk was not able to be present for rehersals nor any of the performances, but he could read reviews from the Paris press:

  • "L'Aurore", Gilbert Guillminault: "With Eris, Falk asserts himself as one of the masters of the theatre of ambiguity and uneasiness -along with Pinter, Albee, Schisgal..."
  • "Le Figaro", Jean-Jacques Gautier: "..admirably composed to creat an almost unbearable state of tension..."
  • "Paris Semaine: ".. It was, therefore, a very plesant surprise to find, in seeing "Eris" that he is a real dramatist."
  • "Le Monde", Bertrand Poirot-Delpech: "..The mixture of pathetic and absurd, perfectly rendered by Chris Marker, testifies to the symbolic and scenic virtues of the genre."

Toneelgroep Theater

On January 12, 1969 "Eris" was first staged at Theater aan de Rijn, Arnhem in Arnhem, Netherlands. It was adapted into Dutch by Karel Muller and directed by Ab Abspoel. Cast: René Lobo and Bernhard Droog. The last performance was on February 2, 1969.

1970

by American Theatre Company (?).

1979

The Fond du Lac Community Theatre at the Upper Midwest at the national Festival of American Community Theatre in Memphis (Tenn, July 26-29). A benefit performance was hold July 14 at the Goodrich High School Little Theatre in Fond du Lac. [4]

References

  1. Caplan Lois (1964), "The Phantom' Returns", St. Louis Jewish Light (St. Louis, Missouri), August 19 1964, p 1, 15
  2. Falk Lee, "Eris and Home at Six", Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1971, p 2
  3. Murphy Patricia, "The Toast of Paris, France: Mandrake's Master, Mr. Lee Falk", Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 04 Jun 1967, p 184
  4. "Players to attend festival", Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin), 16 Jun 1979, p 28