
The Fighting Cock (1959) - repro
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Jean Anouilh’s sharp satirical comedy 'The Fighting Cock' completed a celebrated Broadway premiere at the ANTA Playhouse in 1959, running for an accomplished 87 performances and capturing multiple major Tony nominations. Masterfully adapted by Lucienne Hill, the sophisticated drawing-room plot centers on General Saint-Pé, an eccentric, retired French military officer who orchestrates an intricate, secret web of conservative alliances to plot a bloodless political coup to restore ancient medieval honor to post-war France, collapsing into farcical chaos when his younger wife's affairs disrupt his military strategy. Directed by Peter Brook, the historic production starred Rex Harrison and Roddy McDowall.

