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The Madwoman of Chaillot
Jean Giraudoux
Madame Melville
by Richard Nelson
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Readers appreciate the compelling resolution of themes in the play. Many enjoy its bold approach to taboo subjects but feel that one character's introduction could have been more subtle.
Compelling themesBold exploration of taboosCharacter introduction feels too bold
Synopsis
Set in 1966 in a soon-to-be-exploding Paris, Madame Melville is the intimate story of Carl, a fifteen-year-old American and his teacher, the beautiful Claudie Melville.
Over a night and a day, Carl discovers an unimagined world where beauty, loneliness, love, sex and art are one.
About Carl's initiation into far more than just sex, Madame Melville is one of Richard Nelson's most emotionally complex and satisfying plays.
Publication
PublisherFaber & Faber
Year2000
BindingPaperback
Pages96
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780571207947
ISBN-100571207944
DCC812.54
Madame Melville is a American play written by Richard Nelson and published by Faber & Faber in London (2000).
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