Introduction -- L'Odeon est ouvert! The Odeon is open! The occupation of the theater of France, May 1968 -- Social relations on and off stage : revolutions of the Theatre du Soleil and the Theatre de l'Aquarium -- Grassroots decentralization : the Theatre Universitaire de Nancy and the Nouvelle Compagnie d'Avignon -- Censorship in Avignon, 1968 -- Epilogue. The theater of May '68 : the beginning of a long struggle