L'Impromptu de Paris
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L'Impromptu de Paris (In English: The Shepherd of Paris) is a play written in 1937 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux
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L'Impromptu de Paris was first performed on 3 December 1937 in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in a production by Louis Jouvet
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Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
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Original productions
L'Impromptu de Paris was translated into English by Rima Dell Reck, in the Tulane Drama Review (1959).L'Impromptu de Paris was first performed on 3 December 1937 in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in a production by Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
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