- Title: FRANCE: STUDENTS TAKE OVER THE ODEON THEATRE ON LEFT BANK.
- Date: 16th May 1968
- Summary: 1. GV ODEON THEATRE 0.03 2. GV BANNERS 0.07 3. CU NOTICE 0.08 4. CU PEOPLE READING NOTICE 0.13 5. SV WOMAN ARGUING (PULLBACK TO SHOW DELEGATES ON FLOOR) 0.30 6. SV PAN AUDIENCE 0.42 7. GTV DITTO 0.47 8. GV ROOF TILT DOWN TO AUDIENCE 0.56 Initials AA/VS/PW/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 31st May 1968 13:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA65UIJHBDAK02WRJ3ES97WSEF1
- Story Text: A STUDENT OCCUPATION OF THE THEATRE DE I'DEON TODAY (THURSDAY) FORCED ORGANISERS OF THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL THEATRE SEASON TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES IN THE COLONNADED LEFT BANK BUILDING. RED AND BLACK FLAGS FLEW OVER THE ROOF AND HUGE BANNERS ALSO WERE ON DISPLAY PROCLAIMING "WORKERS AND STUDENTS."
A CROWD OF 3,000 MARCHED INTO THE BUILDING LAST NIGHT AFTER A PERFORMANCE BY THE PAUL TAYLOR BALLET COMPANY, A SPECIAL U.S. CULTURAL PROJECT BEING SHOWN AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEASON.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS LEFT THE THEATRE DURING THE NIGHT, BUT THIS MORNING ABOUT 500 PEOPLE -- YOUNG AND OLD SAT IN THE STALLS AND BALCONY SEATS LISTENING TO ORATORS AND ARGUING AMONG THEMSELVES. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY THE OCCUPYING "ODEON COMMITTEE," THE THEATRE HAS BEEN DECLARED A PERMANENT CULTURAL CENTRE WHERE WORKERS AND STUDENTS COULD MEET.
POLICE STOOD NOT FAR FROM THE ODEON THEATRE, BUT TOOK NO ACTION. TONIGHT THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, M. POMPIDOU, APPEARED ON TELEVISION TO TELL THE NATION TO REJECT ANARCHY AND SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD DEFEND THE COUNTRY AGAINST ALL EXCESSES.
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