Written by Jean Giraudoux Original language French Playwright Jean Giraudoux | Date premiered 21 November 1935 Originally published 1937 Setting Tahiti | |
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Characters Mr Banks, Outourou, Tahiriri, Mrs Banks, Valao, Matamua, Vaiturou,
A native Tahitian,
The Lieutenant Place premiered Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris Subject Captain Cook visits Tahiti Similar Sodom and Gomorrah, Amphitryon 38, Ondine, The Trojan War Will Not Take, Electra | ||
The Virtuous Island is a 1956 English adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play Supplément au voyage de Cook written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.
Original productions
Supplément au voyage de Cook was translated into English as The Virtuous Island (1956) by Maurice Valency.
Supplément au voyage de Cook was first performed on 21 November 1935 in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in a production by Louis Jouvet.
References
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