The Secret of Polichinelle (play)
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Written byPierre Wolff
Date premiered3 January 1903
Place premieredThéâtre du Gymnase, Paris
Original languageFrench
| The Secret of Polichinelle | |
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 Spanish translation | |
| Written by | Pierre Wolff |
| Date premiered | 3 January 1903 |
| Place premiered | Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Genre | Comedy |
The Secret of Polichinelle (French: Le Secret de Polichinelle) is a 1903 comedy play by the French writer Pierre Wolff. A Boulevard farce it premiered at the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris. It has been adapted into several different languages including English and Spanish. A 1904 American version was translated by Mildred Aldrich and staged at the Harlem Opera House.[1]
A respectable middle-class family discover that their adult son has had an illegitimate child with his mistress. Both husband and wife believe the other does not know and tries to keep it a secret from them.
