| “Forty Carats” |
| Last Edit: singleticket 10:30 pm EDT 07/31/22 |
| Posted by: singleticket 10:13 pm EDT 07/31/22 |
| In reply to: The play “Forty Carats” suddenly sprang to mind. - Delvino 05:28 pm EDT 07/31/22 |
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| "Forty Carats" is dated but it's a very fine adaptation by Jay Presson Allen of a French comedy by Barillet and Gredy. The characters start out seemingly as comic archetypes but by the play's end they prove themselves to be fully drawn and complicated as is the way the rules and hypocrisies of the society around them are dramatized. It's a fluffy comedy that rings true. I wish Allen had been hired to adapt more of Barillet and Gredy but she did a great job on FORTY CARATS. If anyone's curious I'd recommend reading the script and avoiding the film adaptation. I wish there were some decent English translations of Barillet and Gredy's many stage comedies. There's Abe Burrows' adaptation of CACTUS FLOWER but the French duo are something akin to Neil Simon in terms of their popularity and longevity on the commercial French stage. |
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