The Enchanted is a 1950 English adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play Intermezzo written in 1933 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.
| The Enchanted | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jean Giraudoux |
| Characters | The Mayor, Isobel, The Doctor, The Ghost, The Inspector, The Supervisor, Armande Mangebois, Leonide Mangebois, Gilberte, Daisy, Lucy, Viola, Denise, Irene, Marie-Louise |
| Date premiered | 27 February 1933 |
| Place premiered | Comedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | A provincial town is haunted by a ghost |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | A clearing in the woods, LimousininFrance |
Intermezzo was translated into English as The EnchantedbyMaurice Valency, in Jean Giraudoux, Four Plays, vol. 1 (1958), and by Roger Gellert, in Jean Giraudoux, Plays, vol. 2 (1967).[1]
Intermezzo was first performed on 27 February 1933[2] in Paris at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in a production by Louis Jouvet.[3]
Maurice Valency's adaptation The Enchanted opened at New York's Lyceum Theatre on 18 January 1950 in a production staged by George S. Kaufman, starring Leueen MacGrath, Malcolm Keen, and John Baragrey.[4]
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