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The Enchanted (play)

1950 English adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play Intermezzo

1950 English adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play Intermezzo

FieldValue
nameThe Enchanted
writerJean Giraudoux
charactersThe Mayor, Isobel,
The Doctor,
The Ghost,
The Inspector,
The Supervisor,
Armande Mangebois,
Leonide Mangebois,
Gilberte, Daisy, Lucy,
Viola, Denise, Irene,
Marie-Louise
settingA clearing in the woods, Limousin in France
premiere27 February 1933
placeComedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris
orig_langFrench
subjectA provincial town is haunted by a ghost
genreDrama

The Doctor, The Ghost, The Inspector, The Supervisor, Armande Mangebois, Leonide Mangebois, Gilberte, Daisy, Lucy, Viola, Denise, Irene, Marie-Louise

*** The Enchanted *** is a 1950 English adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play * Intermezzo * written in 1933 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.

Original productions

Intermezzo was translated into English as The Enchanted by Maurice Valency, in Jean Giraudoux, Four Plays, vol. 1 (1958), and by Roger Gellert, in Jean Giraudoux, Plays, vol. 2 (1967).

  • Intermezzo * was first performed on 27 February 1933 in Paris at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in a production by Louis Jouvet.

Maurice Valency's adaptation The Enchanted opened at New York's Lyceum Theatre on 18 January 1950 in a production staged by George S. Kaufman, starring Leueen MacGrath, Malcolm Keen, and John Baragrey.

References

References

  1. Cohen, Robert (1968), ''Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny'', p. 158, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. {{ISBN. 0-226-11248-9
  2. Grossvogel, David I. (1958), '' 20th Century French Drama'', p. 341, Columbia University Press, New York.
  3. Inskip, Donald, (1958), '' Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist'', p. 182, Oxford University Press, New York.
  4. [http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?ID=3334 IBD Internet Broadway Database], Retrieved 24 September 2010.
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