Le Gendarme incompris
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Le Gendarme incompris (The misunderstood Gendarme) is a one-act play written in 1920 by Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet and set to music by Francis Poulenc, his FP 20a.
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Written by | Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet |
Date premiered | 24 May 1921 |
Place premiered | Théâtre Michel (Paris) |
Original language | French |
Genre | Comédie bouffe |
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The play features three characters: Commissaire Médor[lower-alpha 1] played by Pierre Bertin), a gendarme named the Penultimate whose replicas are from a poem in the Divagations by Stéphane Mallarmé, and an old lady, the Marquise de Montonson.[1]
It was played publicly only once, on 24 May 1921, in addition to the dress rehearsal the day before. Two more performances were scheduled for 25 and 26 May.[2]