Affairs of State
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Affairs of State is a 1950 Broadway comedy written and directed by Louis Verneuil
. It opened at the Royale Theatre, then moved to the Music Box Theatre
and played for a total of 610 performances.
It was the first play Verneuil wrote in English.
Louis Verneuil
Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage , better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil, was a French playwright, screenwriter, and actor....
. It opened at the Royale Theatre, then moved to the Music Box Theatre
Music Box Theatre
The Music Box Theater is a Broadway theatre located at 239 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan.The once most aptly named theater on Broadway, the intimate Music Box was designed by architect C. Howard Crane and constructed by composer Irving Berlin and producer Sam H. Harris specifically to...
and played for a total of 610 performances.
It was the first play Verneuil wrote in English.
Cast
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