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The Waltz of the Toreadors

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 4m

Lucienne Hill, Jean Anouilh

The Waltz of the Toreadors
by Jean Anouilh
Adapted from the French by Lucienne Hill

Now retired, General St. Pí© tries to keep old age at bay by dallying with every availbale pretty woman. His wife Emily, a determined invalid, perpetually complains of her husband's peccadilloes. Seventeen years ago, as they danced to the Waltz of th…

The Waltz of the Toreadors

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 4m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Now retired, General St. Pí© tries to keep old age at bay by dallying with every availbale pretty woman. His wife Emily, a determined invalid, perpetually complains of her husband's peccadilloes. Seventeen years ago, as they danced to the Waltz of the Toreadors, the General and Ghislaine de Ste Euvert fell in love. Ghislaine has waited, chaste and faithful, for the day when the General will be free of Emily. Now she comes to claim her man, armed with letters that prove Emily has been unfaithful.
M4 (young, middle-age) F7 (young, 18, 30s)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A landing/study
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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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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