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Thornton Wilder Satire 1m, 3f, Plus 2 extras Interior
In New Orleans in 1869, M'su Cahusac, a charlatan of a lawyer, preys on vulnerable women, convincing each one that she is a legitimate descendant of the long-lost Dauphin, who fled Paris for New Orleans at the age of 10 during the French Revolution. Therefore, he tells each victim, she is the rightful Queen of France. Tantalized by visions of wealth, palaces and power, each victim responds in her own fashion to this preposterous revelation, which the lawyer claims is supported by the Historical Society of Paris.
The first licensed production of Queens of France was given March 9, 1932, at the Hill School in Pottsdown, Pennsylvania, and at the Miss Masters' School (Wilder's mother's alma mater), Dobbs Ferry, New York.
It was first published in September 1931 in the Yale Review.
"Queens of France has so rich and gay a theme, and is done with such a superbly delicate, light touch as to make it sheer delight to any reader."
--Fanny Butcher, Chicago Daily Tribune, November 13, 1931
"The pride that goes before the fall. A play that will have the pattern of Queens of France. A 'victim' of a practical joke seen-in four successive persons-in four stages of his delusion."
-Thornton Wilder, Journal note on new ideas for plays, May 16, 1960.FEE: $45 per performance. Other Thornton Wilder titles available from Samuel French include:
The Alcestiad or A Life in the Sun The Beaux' Stratagem Bernice Cement Hands Childhood The Drunken Sisters The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden In Shakespeare and the Bible Infancy The Long Christmas Dinner Love and How To Cure It The Matchmaker Our Town Pullman Car Hiawatha A Ringing of Doorbells Rivers Under the Earth The Skin of Our Teeth Someone from Assisi Such Things Only Happen in Books Theophilus North The Wreck on the 5:25 Youth
Collections
Collected Plays and Writings on Theater The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume I The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder Three Plays (Thornton Wilder) Thornton Wilder One Act Series: Wilder's Classic One Acts Thornton Wilder One Act Series: The Seven Deadly sins Thornton Wilder One Act Series: The Ages of Man
Novels
The Bridge of San Luis Rey The Cabala and The Woman of Andros: Two Novels The Eighth Day Heaven’s My Destination The Ides of March Theophilus North
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