Overview
- Bouquet, 68, suffered a sudden malaise about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday during the solo show Le Professeur at La Scala in Paris.
- Audience members initially mistook the fall for staging before the curtain closed and the on-duty physician went to assist her.
- Director Muriel Mayette-Holtz told spectators the actor could not finish and completed the reading herself, with the audience largely remaining.
- Bouquet returned at the end to acknowledge the crowd without speaking and received a standing ovation.
- La Scala said her condition was not concerning and indicated performances would continue, with the run scheduled through December 14.