''N'écoutez pas, mesdames !'' (Don't Listen, Ladies!) is a three-act comedy by
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...
, premiered at the
Théâtre de la Madeleine
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The T ...
on 23 May 1942.
Original cast
*
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...
: Daniel Bacheley
*
Hélène Perdrière
Hélène Perdrière (born 17 April 1912 in Asnieres-sur-Seine, died 27 August 1992 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French stage and film actress.
After earning a first prize for comedy at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1928, she bec ...
: Madeleine Bacheley
*
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Jeanne Fusier-Gir (1885–1973) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress. She was married to the painter Charles Gir, and was the mother of the film director François Gir.Rège p. 442
Selected filmography
* ''The Crime of Sylvestre Bonn ...
: Julie Bille-en-bois
*
Léon Walther
Léon Walther (2 June 1874 – 2 March 1973) was a French film and stage actor who played on numerous occasions in Sacha Guitry's films and plays.
Filmography
* 1935: ''Odette / Déchéance'' by Jacques Houssin – Count Hubert de Clermont- ...
: le baron de Charançay
Revivals
The play was given as ''Don't Listen, Ladies'' at the
St James's Theatre
The St James's Theatre was in King Street, St James's, London. It opened in 1835 and was demolished in 1957. The theatre was conceived by and built for a popular singer, John Braham; it lost money and after three seasons he retired. A succ ...
, London, in September 1948 with a cast including
Constance Cummings
Constance Cummings CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years.
Early life
Cummings was born in Seattle, Washington, the only daughter and younger child of Kate Logan (née Cu ...
,
Denholm Elliott
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and
Betty Marsden
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, and at the
Booth Theatre
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,
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
, in December 1948 with a cast headed by
Jack Buchanan
Walter John Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George G ...
Les Archives du spectacle Les Archives du spectacle – The Performing Arts Archive – is an online French database covering live performance (theatre, dance, opera, puppetry, etc.). It was created in 2007.1942 playsPlays by Sacha Guitry
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