Copeau and Bing return to Paris after the war, launch a school, and struggle to meet the high expectations of the audience they had built. Michel Saint-Denis, back from the front lines, takes an increasing role of leadership. Burnt out, Copeau abandons Paris for the Burgundy countryside where his young company trains and performs for the locals. The end of this phase finds them in London with a new show, devised from the fable of Noah’s ark. The London theatrical establishment opens its arms.