Tessa (play)
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Tessa is a play written in 1934 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux
. It is a translation and adaptation of a 1926 stage version by Margaret Kennedy
and Basil Dean
of the former's 1924 novel The Constant Nymph.
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Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
. It is a translation and adaptation of a 1926 stage version by Margaret Kennedy
Margaret Kennedy
Margaret Kennedy was an English novelist and playwright.-Family and education:Margaret Kennedy was born in Hyde Park Gate, London, the eldest of the four children of Charles Moore Kennedy , a barrister, and his wife Ellinor Edith Marwood...
and Basil Dean
Basil Dean
Basil Herbert Dean CBE was an English actor, writer, film producer/director and theatrical producer/director....
of the former's 1924 novel The Constant Nymph.
Original productions
Tessa was first performed on 14 November 1934 in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in a production by Louis JouvetLouis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
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