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Ondine

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  11w, 17m

Maurice Valency, Jean Giraudoux

Adapted by Maurice Valency
Music by Virgil Thomson

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

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

Ondine

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    11w, 17m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy, Period
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary

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.

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  • Features Fantasy Costumes
  • Additional Features Special Effects
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Authors

Maurice Valency

Maurice Valency
Maurice Valency (1903-1996) was a playwright, author, critic and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux (The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine, The Enchanted and The Apollo ...
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Jean Giraudoux

Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French playwright, novelist, and diplomat whose witty, originally expressed works in an impressionistic style helped free French theater from the restrictions of realism. He wrote fifteen internationally acclaimed plays, most initially staged by ...
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