La Sauvage

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La Sauvage ("the savage") is a play by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)[1]


The piece was written in 1934 and first performed at the Théâtre des Mathurins in Paris on 11 January, 1938, directed by Georges Pitoëff, with music by Darius Milhaud.

The play forms part of his "pièces noires" and was published by Éditions Balzac in 1942.

The play tells of Thérèse, a young musician from a modest family, who renounces renonce à la vie confortable que lui offre son riche prétendant.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated by Hill as Restless Heart (London: Methuen, 1957) and by ** as [[The Untamed[]];

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sauvage

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