Number One
by Jean Anouilh

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Synopsis

Jean Anouilh's sharp and witty new play, which enjoyed a season at the Queen's Theatre, London, centres around the ageing, gout-stricken and passe playwright Leon Saint-Pe, as he struggles manfully to being a new play, provisionally entitled Les Miserables, despite the constant interruptions and selfish demands of his utterly egocentric family and friends.

A master of the art of dramatic contrivance, Anouilh displays his usual stylish blend of cynicism and subtle irony when he has Leon, eventually deciding that everyone on earth is wholly self-centred, rechristen his play, Number One.|5 women, 5 men

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1985
Binding Paperback
Pages 54
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573016196
ISBN-10 0573016194
LCCN 87151382
LCC PQ2601.N67 N5713 1985
DCC 842/.912

Number One is a French play written by Jean Anouilh and published by Samuel French in London (1985).

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