Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP 22:48 p.m., September 27, 2023

This Wednesday evening, during the performance of "Rabbit", the actor and comedian Pierre Arditi, 78, made a discomfort while he was on the stage of the Edouard VII theater in Paris. The play was interrupted, the Iron Curtain was lowered and the audience was asked to leave the room.

The actor and theater actor Pierre Arditi, 78, made a discomfort Wednesday night while he was on the stage of the theater Edouard VII in Paris, learned AFP from his entourage. The facts took place about twenty minutes after the beginning of the performance of "Rabbit", a play in duet with Muriel Robin, said the sources.

Spectators invited to leave the room

The performance of this play, eagerly awaited in this cultural season, was interrupted, the iron curtain was lowered and the spectators were invited to leave the room. No indication was given about the actor's state of health.

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Born on December 1, 1944 in Paris, Pierre Arditi is a popular figure in French cultural life. As comfortable on stage as in the cinema, he has appeared in several films by Alain Resnais and Claude Lelouch. At the end of 2022, he was on the poster of "Maestro(s)", alongside Yvan Attal.