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.
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| Written by | Jean Giraudoux |
| Characters | Mr Banks, Outourou, Tahiriri, Mrs Banks, Valao, Matamua, Vaiturou, A native Tahitian, The Lieutenant |
| Date premiered | 21 November 1935 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | Captain Cook visits Tahiti |
| Genre | Satirical drama |
| Setting | Tahiti |
Original productions
editSupplément au voyage de Cook was translated into English as The Virtuous Island (1956) by Maurice Valency.[1]
Supplément au voyage de Cook was first performed on 21 November 1935[2] in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in a production by Louis Jouvet.[3]
References
edit- ^ Cohen, Robert (1968), Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny, p. 158, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-11248-9
- ^ Grossvogel, David I. (1958), 20th Century French Drama, p. 342, Columbia University Press, New York.
- ^ Inskip, Donald, (1958), Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist, p. 182, Oxford University Press, New York.
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