The Laughing Woman (play)
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| The Laughing Woman | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Gordon Daviot |
| Date premiered | 1934 |
| Place premiered | New Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
The Laughing Woman is a 1934 British stage play by Gordon Daviot, a nom de plume for Elisabeth MacKintosh (1896-1955) who also wrote under the name Josephine Tey. It was based on the relationship between Henri Gaudier and Sophie Brzeska.
The play debuted in London in 1934 at the New Theatre.[1][2] It had a short run on Broadway in 1936.[3][4]
According to a synopsis in The Spectator, the "play... presents a cross-section of the relations between Rene Latour and Ingrid Rydrnan. He is young, French, and a sculptor; she is older, Swedish, and a philosopher with a book to write. They come from Paris to London and live there as brother and sister in great poverty. Their incessant quarrels cannot blind — or deafen — them to the fact that they are necessary to each other. They cling together stormily. The outbreak of the War finds Rene on the threshold of fame. He returns incontinently to the France which rejected him, to die (as the Epilogue tells us) on active service and with the rank of sergeant."[5]