The Waltz of the Toreadors
Waltz of the Toreadors, The (La Valse des toréadors) Author: Jean Anouilh
First Performance: 1952, Paris
Published: 1952
First English Translation: 1956
Genre: Com. in 5 acts; French prose
Setting: France, c.1910
Cast: 4m, 7f
General Saint-Pé is constantly interrupted as he dictates his memoirs: his insanely jealous bedridden wife demands to know what woman he is thinking of; his ugly daughters want new dresses; his wife's doctor considers her paralysis hysterical. Only the visit of Ghislaine is a welcome distraction. They have loved each other chastely for 17 years, ever since they danced the ‘Waltz of the Toreadors’ together. When Ghislaine discovers love letters which the General's wife has written to the doctor, the General believes he can now consummate his love....
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