The Apollo of Bellac

The Apollo of Bellac

Maurice Valency, Jean Giraudoux

The Apollo of Bellac

The Apollo of Bellac

Maurice Valency, Jean Giraudoux

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Here is the quintessence of Giraudoux’s extraordinary imagination and style. A shy girl applying for a job at the Office of Inventions learns from a nondescript man that she can have her way with any man if she declares that he is as handsome as the nonexistent statue of the Apollo of Bellac. The play is alive with wry and trenchant observations on the comical attitudes and truths that men assume in life.

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Maurice Valency

Maurice Valency (1903-1996) was a playwright, author, critic and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux (The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine, The Enchanted and The Apollo ...
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