The School for Wives

Twentieth-century theatrical productions

  • The Compagnie Jouvet of Paris staged the play at the first Edinburgh International Festival in 1947
  • Let Wives Tak Tent, a free translation into Scots by Robert Kemp, was first performed at the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh in 1948
  • First produced on Broadway, performed in French, with Louis Jouvet at the ANTA Playhouse from 18 March to 3 April 1951.[3]
  • A production using the Richard Wilbur translation was staged at the Lyceum Theatre, on Broadway from 16 February to 29 May 1971, directed by Stephen Porter, with cast members Brian Bedford as Arnolphe, Joan Van Ark as Agnes, and David Dukes as Horace.[4]
  • In 1983 Ingmar Bergman directed a TV version of the play, starring Allan Edwall as Arnolphe, Lena Nyman as Agnes, and Stellan Skarsgård as Horace.[5]

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