The Insolent Roland Garros: Exploring the Life of the Aviator Behind the Famous Tennis Tournament

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Posted on 07/14/2023 22:02 Updated on 07/14/2023 22:02

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The chronicle “An artist, one day at the Festival Off d’Avignon” presents, Friday July 14, the play “The insolent Roland Garros”, which returns to the course of the famous aviator.

Florient Jousse presents, Friday July 14, the piece L’insolent Roland Garros in which he plays. “This is the story of the aviator Roland Garros. We are at the beginning of the 20th century and we will follow it through its adventures”, he explains. The piece also talks about the records he was able to make. “There’s a lot of things we don’t know, when we just remember his name for the tennis court“, says the actor.

The aviator gave his name to a Reunion expression

The tournament therefore traces the aviator’s journey and explains why the famous Grand Slam tennis tournament ultimately bears his name. Florient Jousse told an anecdote about the famous aviator: “Roland Garros was born on the island of La Réunion. There is his statue on the seafront of Saint-Denis, over there. He has his left hand on a propeller, and his right hand in his pocket. The Reunionese have an expression when they are asked for money, it’s ‘go see Roland’, which means ‘you can always run’. His hand is petrified for eternity.”

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