Written by Jean Giraudoux Original language French Playwright Jean Giraudoux | Date premiered 8 November 1929 First performance 8 November 1929 Genre Drama | |
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Characters Amphitryon, Alcmene,
Jupiter, Mercury , Leda Place premiered Comedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris Subject The god Jupiter intrudes into the faithful marriage of two mortals Similar Jean Giraudoux plays, Dramas | ||
amphitryon 38 jean giraudoux 1929
Amphitryon 38 is a play written in 1929 by the French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on stage previously.
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Original productions
Amphitryon 38 was translated into English in 1938 by S. N. Behrman in 1964 by Phyllis La Farge and Peter H. Judd and in 1967 by Roger Gellert.
Amphitryon 38 was first performed on 8 November 1929 in Paris at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in a production by Louis Jouvet.
An English production of Amphitryon 38, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, opened at New York's Shubert Theatre on 1 November 1937.
In 1957 a BBC production included its first piece of commissioned electronic music, created by Daphne Oram.
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