The Affair of the Poisons (play) explained

The Affair of the Poisons (French: L'affaire des poisons) is a 1907 historical play by the dramatist Victorien Sardou.^[1] It portrays the events of the real-life Affair of the Poisons during the reign of Louis XIV and the downfall of his mistress Madame de Montespan. It was Sardou's final play.^[2]

Film adaptation

In 1955 it was made into a French-Italian film of the same title directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance and Paul Meurisse.^[3]

References

1. Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre 1850-1918 p.69
2. Hart p.120
3. Goble p.407

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Hart, Jerome Alfred. Sardou and the Sardou Plays. J.B. Lippincott, 1913.
• Schumacher, Claude, Northam, John & Wickham, Glynne W. Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre 1850-1918.Cambridge University Press, 1996.