''La Machine à écrire'' is a three-act play written by French dramatist
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
, premiered on 29 April 1941 at the
Théâtre Hébertot in Paris.
It has been translated into English as ''The Typewriter'' by
Ronald Duncan
Ronald Frederick Henry Duncan (6 August 1914 – 3 June 1982) was an English writer, poet and playwright of German descent, now best known for his poem ''The Horse (poem), The Horse'' and for preparing the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera ' ...
.
Original cast
* ''Fred''
Jacques Baumer
Jacques Baumer (born Jacques Henri Nusbaumer; 12 April 1885 – 20 June 1951), was a French theatre director and comedian.
Filmography
* 1932: '' That Scoundrel Morin'' by Georges Lacombe
* 1933: ''Étienne'' by Jean Tarride
* 1936: ' by Max ...
* ''Didier''
Louis Salou
* ''Pascal''
Jean Marais
* ''Maxime''
Jean Marais
* ''Solange''
Gabrielle Dorziat
* ''Margot''
Michèle Alfa
* ''Postmistress''
Jandeline
References
External links
A Queer Premiere: Jean Cocteau’s The Typewriter Part of the first chapter of the book ''The Drama of Fallen France: Reading la Comedie sans Tickets'' (2012) by Kenneth Krauss. Describes the scandal after the premiere.
Plays by Jean Cocteau
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