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Thieves' Carnival: A Play In Four Acts

by Jean Anouilh · 1938

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Written by Jean Anouilh when he was in his early twenties (1932) and produced in Paris as "Le Bal des Voleurs," it was the first Anouilh to be a hit in New York when presented Off-Broadway in 1955. A romantic vaudeville that says only illusion makes life possible.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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Setting
1930s1930sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 71 pages
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