<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Le th&eacute;&acirc;tre contemporain, en mettant en sc&egrave;ne des corps portant les cicatrices r&eacute;elles d&rsquo;une douleur ou d&rsquo;une souffrance, impose au spectateur une participation &laquo;&nbsp;&eacute;motionnelle&nbsp;&raquo; reposant sur la subjectivation sensible de l&rsquo;autre. Ce faisant, le spectateur est volontairement mis face &agrave; ses propres limites &eacute;thiques et morales d&rsquo;une part, mais aussi aux limites de ce qu&rsquo;il consid&egrave;re comme relevant de l&rsquo;esth&eacute;tique. La simultan&eacute;it&eacute; de la r&eacute;ception th&eacute;&acirc;trale implique des relations d&rsquo;empathie particuli&egrave;res entre le spectateur et ces pr&eacute;sences fortes, reposant non seulement sur la copr&eacute;sence, pouvant &ecirc;tre remise en question dans certaines formes contemporaines exp&eacute;rimentales, mais aussi et surtout sur son caract&egrave;re non-reproductible et d&eacute;finitivement ancr&eacute; dans le pr&eacute;sent. Cet article s&rsquo;attachera &agrave; mettre en &eacute;vidence l&rsquo;ambigu&iuml;t&eacute; de ce personnage portant un fort caract&egrave;re r&eacute;el, pour diriger la r&eacute;flexion vers les r&eacute;actions empathiques de rejet ou d&rsquo;attraction que leur vision peut provoquer, r&eacute;v&eacute;lant le lien entre l&rsquo;acteur et le spectateur, et exposant au final le spectateur &agrave; lui-m&ecirc;me. C&rsquo;est alors une v&eacute;ritable r&eacute;flexion sur la position spectatorielle dans le th&eacute;&acirc;tre et en dehors, en tant que regardant face &agrave; un autre, regard&eacute;, qui pourra &eacute;clore.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Contemporary theatre, by staging bodies bearing scars of pain or suffering, imposes on the spectator an &ldquo;emotional&rdquo; commitment based on the sensitive subjectivation of the other. In doing so, the spectator is voluntarily confronted with his own ethical and moral limits on the one hand, and on the other with the limits of what he considers as aesthetic. The simultaneity of theatrical reception implies special empathetic relationships between the spectator and these strong presences, based not only on co-presence, which can be called into question in certain contemporary experimental forms, but also and above all on its non-reproducibility and the fact that it is definitely rooted in the present. This article will firstly aim to highlight the ambiguity of this character carrying a strong sense of reality, then try to direct the reflection towards the empathic reactions of rejection or attraction that could be caused, revealing the link between the actor and the viewer, and ultimately exposing the viewer to themselves. It is then a real reflection on the spectatorial position in the theater and outside, as a gazer in front of another, watched, which will be able to develop.</span></span></p>