Simon mirren biography

Versailles was the Apple of its day, the world’s first truly global brand. — Simon Mirren and David Wolstencroft

What are two UK writers doing writing a show in English about a French king?

The answer is very simple: Apple.

Simon mirren biography

The world knows what Steve Jobs did by building Apple into a force around the globe, but few know that without Louis XIV and Versailles, none of what we are witnessing today would be possible.

Versailles was the Apple of its day, the world’s first truly global brand.

Great stories are a global language and there are few greater or more all-encompassing than the story of Versailles.

The Chateau de Versailles and the court of Louis XIV are part of the unshakeable bedrock of French history.

For a moment, we admit, we were more than a little nervous of committing to the project, since we knew all too well what the French might think of seeing their historical legacy outlined in Anglo-Saxon idioms.

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