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Jean Cocteau 's 1948 boulevard Farce -with-a-vengeance ''Les parents terribles'' tells the tale of Michael and his 'parents terribles', George and Yvonne. Michael is smitten with the beautiful Madeleine, little knowing that she is the former mistress of his father. It was once dubbed "Noel Coward on Opium." Lovable Aunt Leo casts just enough of a jaundiced eye on the proceedings to give the audience a character with whom they can relate. ''THE STORM WITHIN'' Jean Marais portrayed Michael in the 1948 film version of the play, also known as ''The Storm Within.'' 1994/5 PRODUCTIONS Jude Law portrayed Michael in a 1994 Royal National Theatre production. A year later he made his Broadway debut in a revised production entitled ''Indiscretions''. His appearance in a nude scene caused a stir, being long enough, as one reviewer put it, "to run home and get your binoculars". A favourable review was received from '' The New York Times ''. Vincent Canby wrote: "The play is something else. It is a lethal if often hilarious farce about the darkest neuroses of familiar comic characters. These people, as Leo says, are children who sometimes commit terrible crimes." EXTERNAL LINKS |
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