| Our History |
Le Cercle Dramatique Français de Londres was founded in 1929 by French teachers who were practising in London and its suburbs and regretting that their British students lacked the opportunity to enjoy on-stage classic and modern plays in their native language. Thanks to these teachers' initiative, students could therefore see live performances of texts they had studied in class.
Hence, in 1930, « Les Plaideurs » by Racine was presented in front of a French-speaking public. The audience was as delighted by this rare opportunity as by the quality of the performance. Faced with the success and encouraged as much by the French-speaking community of London as by the audience and Francophile organisations of the Greater London area, the CDF decided to carry on with its theatrical course, striving to renew yet again the quality of its performances.
Today, more than 80 years later, the CDF is among the oldest French-speaking associations in London. With a repertoire counting over 200 plays, the CDF keeps on making French-speaking dramatic art known to a devoted audience.
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Text recounting CDF's History from 1929 to 1979
(Extract from the Jubilee's Commemorative Leaflet, in French)
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