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{{Short description|1940 play by Jean Anouilh}}
{{Infobox play
{{Infobox play
| name = Leocadia
| name = Léocadia
| image = Richard Burton Susan Strasberg Time Remembered 1958.jpg
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| caption = [[Richard Burton]] and [[Susan Strasberg]] in the 1957 Broadway production ''Time Remembered''
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| writer = [[Jean Anouilh]]
| writer = [[Jean Anouilh]]
| characters = {{plainlist|
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* others
* others
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| setting =
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| date of premiere = {{start date|1 December 1940|df=y}}
| premiere = {{start date|1940|12|2|df=y}}
| place = [[Théâtre de la Michodière]], Paris
| country of Origin = France
| original language = French
| orig_lang = French
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'''''Léocadia''''' is a play by [[Jean Anouilh]], premiered at the [[théâtre de la Michodière]] in Paris on 1 December 1940.<ref name="Créations Michodière">« Liste des créations » publiée par le théâtre dans ses programmes en 1953.</ref>.
'''''Léocadia''''' ('''''Time Remembered''''') is a play by [[Jean Anouilh]] that premiered at the [[Théâtre de la Michodière]] in Paris on 2 December 1940.<ref name="BNF" /><ref name="Michodière" /> It is one of Anouilh's ''Pièces roses'', together with ''[[Humulus le muet]]'' (1932), ''[[Le Bal des voleurs]]'' (1938), and ''{{ill|Le Rendez-vous de Senlis|fr}}'' (1941). For the occasion, [[Francis Poulenc]] composed one of his most celebrated songs, "[[Les Chemins de l'amour]]", sung by [[Yvonne Printemps]].

It is one of Anouilh's ''Pièces roses'', together with ''[[Humulus le Muet]]'' (1932), ''[[Le Bal des voleurs]]'' (1938), and ''[[Le Rendez-vous de Senlis]]'' (1941). [[Francis Poulenc]] composed for the occasion one of his most celebrated songs, ''[[Les Chemins de l'amour (Poulenc)|Les Chemins de l'amour]]'', sung by [[Yvonne Printemps]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The play tells the story of a young prince who is madly in love with a Romanian singer, Léocadia Gardi, who died when he knew her only for three days when she died, strangled by her shawl, like [[Isadora Duncan]]. He lives for his memory of her. To bring him back to life, his aunt, the Duchesse d'Andinet d'Andaine, stages episodes of the three days with him, engaging Amanda, a poor seamstress who looks like the deceased, and actors for parts such as a butler, and servants.
''Léocadia'' tells the story of a young prince madly in love with a Romanian opera singer, Léocadia Gardi. The young man only knew her for three days: like [[Isadora Duncan]], she died strangled by her shawl. Inconsolable, he lives in his memory of the young woman.

His aunt—the Duchesse d'Andinet d'Andaine—reconstructs the setting and places of those three days like a theater director. Actors play the parts of the butler and servants during those days of happiness. Amanda, a poor milliner and look-alike of the singer, is called upon to seduce the prince, in the hope that life will prevail over memory.

At first, the young man clings desperately to his dream, but eventually comes to realize through Amanda that his memory of Léocadia corresponds to his fear of life being so ephemeral. His anguish at leaving an illusory memory yields soon to the call of real life. The rigid, theatrical world imagined by the duchess falls apart, becoming a false comedy. The prince leaves his illusions and discovers that Léocadia was only an ideal, devoid of substance. His love of Amanda helps him return to real life.<ref name="Spencer" />


== Premiere cast ==
== Premiere cast ==
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* [[Marguerite Deval]]: The Duchess
* [[Marguerite Deval]]: The Duchess
* [[Victor Boucher]]: The Butler
* [[Victor Boucher]]: The Butler
* in minor roles: [[Paul Demange]], [[Leon Larive]], [[Mercedes Brar]], Henri-Richard, [[Jacques Januar]] and [[Henry Gaultier]]
* in minor roles: [[Paul Demange (actor)|Paul Demange]], [[Léon Larive]], [[Mercédès Brare]], Henri-Richard, Jacques Januar and Henry Gaultier
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* Director: [[André Barsacq]]

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* Director: [[Andre Barsacq]]
* Music: [[Francis Poulenc]]
* Music: [[Francis Poulenc]]
* Premiere: 1 December 1940
* Premiere: 2 December 1940<ref name="BNF" />
* Closed after 173 performances on 27 April 1941
* Closed after 173 performances on 27 April 1941<ref name="Michodière" />

== Translation and adaptation ==
[[Patricia Moyes]] translated the play to English, using the title ''Time Remembered''. It was staged both in London and on Broadway in 1957, with [[Richard Burton]] and [[Helen Hayes]] in the leading parts.<ref name="Morton-Sayner" /> In 2000, [[Jeffrey Hatcher]] wrote an adaptation of the play in English, calling it ''To Fool the Eye''.<ref name="Hatcher" />


== Reprise ==
== Reprise ==
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* [[Edwige Feuillère]]: The Duchess
* [[Edwige Feuillère]]: The Duchess
* [[Philippe Khorsand]]: The Butler
* [[Philippe Khorsand]]: The Butler
* in minor roles: [[Jacques Marchand]], [[Jacques Plee]], [[Robert Deslandes]], [[Jacques Castelot]], [[Francis Rossello]] and [[Philip Deshesdin]]
* in minor roles: Jacques Marchand, Jacques Plee, Robert Deslandes, [[Jacques Castelot]], Francis Rossello and {{ill|Philippe Dehesdin|fr}}

* Director: [[Pierre Boutron]]
* Director: [[Pierre Boutron]]
* Stage design: [[Agostino Pace]]
* Stage design: {{ill|Agostino Pace|fr}}
* Costumes: [[Yvonne Sassinot Nesle]]
* Costumes: {{ill|Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle|fr}}
* Lighting: [[Pierre Boutron]]
* Lighting: Boutron
* Music: [[Francis Poulenc]]
* Music: Poulenc
* First performance on 11 September 1984
* First performance on 11 September 1984<ref name="Boutron" />


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist|30em
| refs =


<ref name="Hatcher">{{cite book
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leocadia}}
| last = Hatcher
| first = Jeffrey Hatcher
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HJaQyCGyFNsC
| title = To Fool the Eye: An Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's Léocadia
| publisher = Dramatists Play Service
| year = 2000
| isbn = 978-0-8222-1846-3
}}</ref>


<ref name="Morton-Sayner">{{cite news
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{{Jean Anouilh}}
| last = Morton-Sayner
| first = Anthea
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/22/guardianobituaries.crimebooks
| title = Patricia Moyes / Writer in the cosy tradition of British detective fiction – focusing on the solution, not the crime
| newspaper = The Guardian
| date = 22 August 2000
| accessdate = 8 February 2017
}}</ref>


<ref name="Spencer">{{cite news
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{{Authority control}}
| last = Spencer
| first = Charles
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3578555/Routledges-doughty-duchess-rescues-Anouilh-from-ennui.html
| title = Routledge's doughty duchess rescues Anouilh from ennui
| newspaper = The Daily Telegraph
| date = 6 June 2002
| accessdate = 8 February 2017
}}</ref>

<ref name="BNF">{{cite web
| url = http://data.bnf.fr/42358331/leocadia_spectacle_1940/
| title = The performance : Leocadia / pièce en 5 actes / Paris (France) : Théâtre de la Michodière – 02-12-1940
| publisher = BNF
| accessdate = 8 February 2017
}}</ref>

<ref name="Boutron">{{cite web
| url = http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb394933868
| title = Leocadia [Spectacle] / mise en scène de Pierre Boutron ; pièce de Jean Anouilh ; décors de Augusto Pace ; costumes de Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle ;
| publisher = BNF
| accessdate = 8 February 2017
}}</ref>

<ref name="Michodière">{{cite book
| title = Liste des créations" publiée par le théâtre dans ses programmes en 1953
| publisher = théâtre de la Michodière
| language = French
}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2010/10/12/03003-20101012ARTFIG00744-leocadia-un-conte-de-fees-nostalgique.php ''Léocadia : un conte de fées nostalgique''] on ''Le Figaro'' (12 October 2012)
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10509118h ''Léocadia''] on [[gallica]]
* [http://www.ina.fr/audio/PHD88016605 Lectures à une voix – Léocadia de Jean Anouilh] (in French) ina.fr
* [http://www.regietheatrale.com/index/index/programmes/programmes.php?recordID=119&L%E9ocadia-ANOUILH-1940 Programme 1940] regietheatrale.com
* [http://imslp.org/wiki/L%C3%A9ocadia,_FP_106_(Poulenc,_Francis) Léocadia, FP 106 (Poulenc, Francis)] on IMSLP

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{{Jean Anouilh}}
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{{authority control}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leocadia}}
[[Category:1940 plays]]
[[Category:1940 plays]]
[[Category:Plays by Jean Anouilh]]
[[Category:Plays by Jean Anouilh]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 4 April 2023

Léocadia
Richard Burton and Susan Strasberg in the 1957 Broadway production Time Remembered
Written byJean Anouilh
Characters
  • Amanda
  • The Prince
  • The Duchess
  • The Butler
  • others
Date premiered2 December 1940 (1940-12-02)
Place premieredThéâtre de la Michodière, Paris
Original languageFrench

Léocadia (Time Remembered) is a play by Jean Anouilh that premiered at the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris on 2 December 1940.[1][2] It is one of Anouilh's Pièces roses, together with Humulus le muet (1932), Le Bal des voleurs (1938), and Le Rendez-vous de Senlis [fr] (1941). For the occasion, Francis Poulenc composed one of his most celebrated songs, "Les Chemins de l'amour", sung by Yvonne Printemps.

Plot

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Léocadia tells the story of a young prince madly in love with a Romanian opera singer, Léocadia Gardi. The young man only knew her for three days: like Isadora Duncan, she died strangled by her shawl. Inconsolable, he lives in his memory of the young woman.

His aunt—the Duchesse d'Andinet d'Andaine—reconstructs the setting and places of those three days like a theater director. Actors play the parts of the butler and servants during those days of happiness. Amanda, a poor milliner and look-alike of the singer, is called upon to seduce the prince, in the hope that life will prevail over memory.

At first, the young man clings desperately to his dream, but eventually comes to realize through Amanda that his memory of Léocadia corresponds to his fear of life being so ephemeral. His anguish at leaving an illusory memory yields soon to the call of real life. The rigid, theatrical world imagined by the duchess falls apart, becoming a false comedy. The prince leaves his illusions and discovers that Léocadia was only an ideal, devoid of substance. His love of Amanda helps him return to real life.[3]

Premiere cast

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Translation and adaptation

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Patricia Moyes translated the play to English, using the title Time Remembered. It was staged both in London and on Broadway in 1957, with Richard Burton and Helen Hayes in the leading parts.[4] In 2000, Jeffrey Hatcher wrote an adaptation of the play in English, calling it To Fool the Eye.[5]

Reprise

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Comédie des Champs-Élysées in 1984

References

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  1. ^ a b "The performance : Leocadia / pièce en 5 actes / Paris (France) : Théâtre de la Michodière – 02-12-1940". BNF. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Liste des créations" publiée par le théâtre dans ses programmes en 1953 (in French). théâtre de la Michodière.
  3. ^ Spencer, Charles (6 June 2002). "Routledge's doughty duchess rescues Anouilh from ennui". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ Morton-Sayner, Anthea (22 August 2000). "Patricia Moyes / Writer in the cosy tradition of British detective fiction – focusing on the solution, not the crime". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. ^ Hatcher, Jeffrey Hatcher (2000). To Fool the Eye: An Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's Léocadia. Dramatists Play Service. ISBN 978-0-8222-1846-3.
  6. ^ "Leocadia [Spectacle] / mise en scène de Pierre Boutron ; pièce de Jean Anouilh ; décors de Augusto Pace ; costumes de Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle ;". BNF. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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