Tessa (play)
Tessa (French title: Tessa, la nymphe au cœur fidèle) is a play written in 1934 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. It is a translation and adaptation of a 1926 stage version by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean of the former's 1924 novel The Constant Nymph.
| Tessa | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jean Giraudoux |
| Characters | Tessa Badamo |
| Date premiered | 14 November 1934 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | Overcoming fears and hardtimes |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | 18th century, Scotland |
Original productions
Tessa was first performed on 14 November 1934[1] in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in a production by Louis Jouvet.[2]
References
- Grossvogel, David I. (1958), 20th Century French Drama, p. 341, Columbia University Press, New York.
- Inskip, Donald, (1958), Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist, p. 182, Oxford University Press, New York.
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