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The Apollo of Bellac
The Apollo of Bellac
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Author: Jean Giraudoux Translated by: Maurice Valency Publisher: Samuel French # of Pages: 37 Pub. Date: 1982 ISBN-10: 0573620172 ISBN-13: 9780573620171 Cast Size: 3 women, 9 men
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About the Play:
The Apollo of Bellac (English-language version of L'Apollon
de Bellac) is a one-act comedy by Jean Giraudoux, adapted
by Maurice Valency. In one of his most loved one-act plays,
the French dramatist puts his unique spin on our notions of beauty
when a young girl discovers the ultimate secret to win men's hearts.
Especially recommended for
school and contest use.
The Apollo of Bellac explores how
to get a man to do anything! A shy young woman is
unemployed and terrified of men, until a mysterious stranger offers
her "the secret" to get whatever she wants from any man, be
it a job, a dance or a diamond, just by uttering four simple words.
Set in Paris, in a fanciful "office of inventions," Jean Giraudoux's play is a witty meditation on beauty, power and male
vanity. It paints a wry portrait of a corporate world that can be
transformed with the right words and a smidgen of charm.
L'Apollon de Bellac
was written in 1943 and first performed in 1947 in Paris at the
Théâtre de l'Athénée. The English adaptation by Maurice
Valency aired in 1954 on the CBS-TV program "Omnibus"
and was produced in 1957 off Broadway at the Carnegie
Hall Playhouse as The Apollo of Bellac. It
remains a
popular choice for community theatre productions and is an ideal
choice for high school drama contests and one-act festivals.
Cast: 3 women, 9 men
What people say:
"The Apollo of Bellac
is a little gem of ironic humor about an artless girl who learns the
practical advantages of flattery." — The New York
Times
About the Playwright:
Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) was a French playwright,
novelist, and diplomat whose witty, originally expressed works in an
impressionistic style helped free French theatre from the
restrictions of realism. He wrote fifteen internationally acclaimed
plays, most initially staged by the actor-director Louis Jouvet.
Maurice Valency (1903-1996)
was an American playwright, author, critic and professor of
drama, an erudite man of the theatre best-known for his successful
Broadway adaptations of award-winning plays by Jean Giraudoux
and Friedrich Duerrenmatt. He taught at Brooklyn College, Columbia
University as a professor of dramatic literature and the Juilliard
School, where he served as director of academic studies. He was also
a member of the New York bar and spoke seven languages.
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