Moreover, the difficulty of this collaboration is not in convincing the Great Dumas to agree, but rather in circumventing the theater license system in France that dates back to the era of Napoleon.
According to relevant legal regulations, all theaters in France must be approved by the French Government to be established, and even changes in operatives require filing with the government. Foreign capital cannot directly own French public performance venues as a corporate entity, especially those theaters named after the country, region, or historical figures.
Therefore, as per the so-called cooperation agreement, the ownership of the Historical Theatre rightfully remains with the French citizen Great Dumas, but the management rights, program operation rights, and financial dispatch rights have been quietly transferred in a "Theatre Asset Trust Agreement" drafted by a British law firm to a cultural partnership organization established in Belgium.
