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French Without Tears

This comedy by the author of Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy premiered in London with Rex Harrison, Trevor Howard and Jessica Tandy in the cast.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions
This comedy by the author of Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy premiered in London with Rex Harrison, Trevor Howard and Jessica Tandy in the cast.

At a villa on the South Coast of France, a group of young men are being coached in French by a gentleman and his daughter, Jacqueline. Learning French is hard, but the experience is made easier by the presence of the glamorous Diana Lake who proceeds to charm the boys one-by-one until she decamps back to London the forlorn suitors to the willing Jacqueline.

Premiere Production: French Without Tears was produced at the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus, London, on November 6th, 1936.
  • Casting: 7M, 3F

  • KENNETH LAKE
    BRIAN CURTIS
    HON. ALAN HOWARD
    MARIANNE
    MONSIEUR MAINGOT
    LIEUT.-COMMANDER ROGERS
    DIANA LAKE
    KIT NEILAN
    JACQUELINE MAINGOT
    LORD HEYBROOK
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    This comedy by the author of Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy premiered in London with Rex Harrison, Trevor Howard and Jessica Tandy in the cast.

    At a villa on the South Coast of France, a group of young men are being coached in French by a gentleman and his daughter, Jacqueline. Learning French is hard, but the experience is made easier by the presence of the glamorous Diana Lake who proceeds to charm the boys one-by-one until she decamps back to London the forlorn suitors to the willing Jacqueline.

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