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 \n84291ANC  \n# MADAME DE\n\nA Play in One Act  \nJEAN ANOUILH  \nTranslated byJOHN WHITING  \nMusic by  \nJOHN HOTCHKIS  \n3/3  \n822 ANOANOUTLH,J,Madame de…LL60  \n\n| AUTHOR  \u003Cbr>NO1LH丁   | CLASS No  \u003Cbr>822  \u003Cbr>ANC  \u003Cbr>42.9   |\n| --- | --- |\n| TITLE  \u003Cbr>adom  \u003Cbr>de   |  |\n|  | BOOK No.  \u003Cbr>20783   |\n| This hook must he returned on or before the date shown above   |  |\n\nto the Library from which it was borrowed  \nLANCASHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY  \n143 CORPORATION STREET,PRESTON,PR18RH  \na30118046670273b  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/madamede0000unse  \n# MADAME DE...\n\nbyJEAN ANOUILH  \n(Based on a story by Louise de Vilmorin)  \nTranslated by  \nJOHN WHITING  \nMusic by  \nJOHN HOTCHKIS  \nLONDON  \nSAMUEL FRENCH LI MITED  \n0446702千  \nSAMUEL FRENCH LTD86 soUTHAMPTON STREET,STRAND,LONDONSAMUEL FRENCH INC25 WEST 45TH STREET,NEW YORK7623 SUNSET BOULEVARD,HOLLYwoODSAMUEL FRENCH(CANADA)LTD27 GRENVILLE STREET,TORONTO  \nSAMUEL FRENCH(AUSTRALIA)PTY LTDELIZABETHAN THEATRE TRUST BUILDING153 DoWLING STREET,SYDNEY  \nThe copying by manuscript,typescript,photography,or any other means of reproduction of this play eitherin whole or in part is an infringement of the copyright  \nMADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BYLATIMER,TREND AND  \nMADE IN ENGLAND  \nMADAME DE...  \nProduced at The Arts Theatre Club,London,on the 29thJanuary I959,with the following cast of characters:  \n(in the order of their appearance)  \nA YoUNG MAN,the pianistJohn WarnerMADAME DE...Elizabeth SellarsMoNSIEUR DE...,her husbandDouglas WilmerTHE MAIDDoris GrovesVAN PucK,a jewellerJames WellmanTHE AMBASSADORGeofirey KeenIST FooTMANAnthony Blake2ND FooTMANNorman Pitt  \nDirected by PETER HALLDécor by Tom KEOGHMusic by JoHN HoTCHKIS  \nThe action of the Play passes in the year 1880  \n\n| This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of  \u003Cbr>the British Commonwealth of Nations,the United States  \u003Cbr>of America,and all other countries of the Universal  \u003Cbr>Copyright Convention.  \u003Cbr>Any public performance or reading of the play,either  \u003Cbr>in its entirety or in the form of excerpts,given without  \u003Cbr>the prior consent of the owners of the copyright is an  \u003Cbr>infringement of the copyright.  \u003Cbr>The fee for each and every performance of this play by  \u003Cbr>amateurs in the British Isles is CI IIs.6d.This fee is  \u003Cbr>payable in advance to us,or to our authorized agents.  \u003Cbr>Upon payment of the fee a licence will be issuedfor the  \u003Cbr>performance to take place.No performance may be  \u003Cbr>given unless this licence has first been obtained.  \u003Cbr>In territories overseas the fee for performance will be  \u003Cbr>quoted upon application to our authorized agents,or  \u003Cbr>direct to us.  \u003Cbr>The following particulars are needed for the issue of a  \u003Cbr>licence:  \u003Cbr>Title of the play  \u003Cbr>Name of the Society  \u003Cbr>Name of the theatre or hall  \u003Cbr>Name of the town  \u003Cbr>Dates of the performances  \u003Cbr>Name and address of the applicant  \u003Cbr>Please state the amount remitted with the application.  \u003Cbr>SAMUEL FRENCH LIMITED  \u003Cbr>26 Southampton Street  \u003Cbr>Strand,London,W.C.2   |\n| --- |\n\nCharacter costumes and wigs used in the performance of playscontained in French's Acting Edition may be obtained from MessrsCHARLES H.Fox LTD,184 High Holborn,London,W.C.I.  \nThe music for this play is available from Samuel French Ltd.  \n# MADAME DE...\n\nSCENE.—Paris,188o.  \nA grand piano and stool are set R on the stage as if for a recitalBeyond is a front-cloth depicting the facade of a small town house inthe period of 188o.This is like a little theatre set within a theatre.  \nWhen the CURTAIN rises,the stage is empty.The YoUNG MAN entersdown L.He is very Proustian and wears evening dress.He bows to theaudience,crosses to the piano,sits and casually starts to improvise awaltz,in the manner of the time,which will serve as a leitmotiv.  \nMusIC No.I  \nThe YoUNG MAN stops playing.A TUMBLER,c of the FACADE,is raised revealing a boudoir,set behind a gauze","cbCaiutelxTeL1Gn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiutelxTeL1Gn","pdf",2160451,"English","# Cast and Production\n## Setting and Opening Scene\n# Scene: Paris, 1880\n## Recital Setup and Character Introductions\n## Madame de...’s Reputation and Conversation\n## Hats, Approval, and Financial Deception\n## Bills, Debts, and Escalating Despair","[{\"question\":\"What is the time and place of the play’s action?\",\"answer\":\"The action passes in the year 1880, and the scene is set in Paris. 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