Longtime leading figures in French theatre and a husband and wife team, Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renauld perform well-known scenes and speak on state subsidies for theater in this videotape. Barrault performs his pantomime of riding a circus hor se. Excerpts from " Le Misanthrope " by Moliere, readings of " Bird " by Jaques Prevert and " Liberté " by Paul Valois are included. In French and English.