''Les Monstres sacrés'' is a 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 February 1940 at the
Michel Theater in Paris.
Original cast
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Yvonne de Bray Esther
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Jany Holt
Jany Holt (born Ruxandra Ecaterina Vladescu Olt, 13 May 1909 – 26 October 2005) was a Romanian-born actress, who worked principally in the French cinema.
Holt married French actor Marcel Dalio in 1936, divorcing in 1939. In 1940, Holt married a ...
Liane
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Suzanne Dantès
Suzanne Dantès (1888–1958) was a French stage and film actress.Abecassis p.96
Selected filmography
* '' The Courier of Lyon'' (1923)
* ''Black and White'' (1931)
* '' A Happy Man'' (1932)
* '' Arlette and Her Fathers'' (1934)
* ''Extenuating ...
Charlotte
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Claire Gérard
Claire Gérard (1889–1971) was a Belgian stage and film actress. She appeared regularly in French cinema in supporting roles.
Selected filmography
* '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1932)
* '' Jeanne'' (1934)
* '' If I Were Boss'' ...
Loulou
* Morgane The old lady
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André Brulé
André Brulé (26 September 1879 – 14 February 1953), was a French theatre and film actor. He created the character Arsène Lupin for the French stage in 1908.
He had a relationship with Ghislaine Dommanget, a French comedy actress, with who ...
Florent
* Jean Hubert The Speaker
Plays by Jean Cocteau
References
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