Abstract: Taking an interest in the magazine Théâtre Bourgogne Actualités from 1967 to 1970, when Jacques Fornier’s troupe became the National Dramatic Center, questioned rural decentralization, the concept of non-public. This, formulated in Villeurbanne, was built on the relationship of a traveling troupe (the Théâtre de Bourgogne) to rural life, for lack of a welcoming metropolis. The magazine, sometimes a cultural action bulletin, is the crucible of this reflection
