Jean Giraudoux, Adapted by Maurice Valency Full Length, Fantasy Drama

Characters: 17 male, 11 female

Multiple sets

Audrey Hepburn created a sensation on Broadway in the title role winning a Tony Award as an ethereal sea nymph who falls in love with a handsome nobleman only to lose true love to the harsh realities of the outside world.

"A romantic fantasy that truly is lyrical, philosophical, imaginative, touching, sometimes humorous."-New York Post

"A work of art."-The New York Times

Originally written to protest thoughtless urban renewal, THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT has remained remarkably up-to-date. When it was first revived, the actor Georges Wilson wrote, "It is a prophetic play in the sense that the dangers denounced more than twenty years ago have become true and immediately observable in everyday life. The theme is alienation. The Madwoman tells us, 'Poor fools, take the time to breathe, you soon will be the living dead, mindless robots.'" Today, the play speaks to environmental concerns, the destruction of the natural world, and the manipulation of world financial...