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Ardele

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 4m, 2any gender (youth)

Lucienne Hill, Jean Anouilh

French bedroom farce set in a large country house inhabited by retired general with amourous ideas, his nagging invalid wife, her sister, her lover and others.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 4m, 2any gender (youth)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary
French bedroom farce set in a large country house inhabited by retired general with amourous ideas, his nagging invalid wife, her sister, her lover and others.
Keywords
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

Lucienne Hill

Lucienne Hill
Lucienne Hill (1923 - 2012) became well-known for her for her translations of French dramatist Jean Anouilh. After a brief career as an actress of stage and screen, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her translation of The Waltz of the Toreadors, and won one in 1961 for t ...
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Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh was born in Bordeaux on June 23, 1910. After completing his early schooling, Anouilh studied law for a short time at the Sorbonne, and then worked as a copywriter at Publicité Damour. He also wrote comic scenes for the cinema. In 1929 he collaborated with Jean ...
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