Word: deval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Whisk War. In 1827, angered by an intricate financial deal in which he felt he was being cheated by the French government, Khoja Hussein, the last Dey of Algiers, called in French Consul Pierre Deval, charged him with being a "wicked, faithless, idol-worshiping unworthy," and struck him three times with a peacock-feather fly whisk. After brooding over this outrage for three years, France finally saw it as an opportunity, sent General Louis de Bourmont and 37,000 men sailing south from Toulon. Within three weeks of their landing, De Bourmont's troops paraded in triumph through Algiers...
Tonight in Samarkand (by Jacques Deval and Lorenzo Semple Jr.) takes its theme from the famous Oriental legend-about the inevitability of fate-that also suggested John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra. The doom-dodger in this some-what Oriental tale of French circus life is a much-besought tamer of tigers (Jan Farrand), who, fearing the future, gazes into the crystal ball of the magician (Louis Jourdan). In two flash-forwards, the ball reveals that on her next birthday -whether she marries a juggler or a millionaire-she must perish in a steamship disaster. Finally, because...
...other hand, authors Jacques Deval and Lorenzo Scmple, Jr., rely too much on gimmicks, sudden disclosures and fake tragedy to have their play classed as much more than a well-contrived nothing. They set up the double premise that one's destiny is inescapable, regardless of what steps are taken to change it, and that it is possible to see the future in a crystal-ball. Both points are in earnest, since Samarkand is not, strictly, a comedy. Having placed the scene in a circus tent, the authors call on some deft maneuvering by designer Ben Edwards to shift...
...other thing" gets a thorough workout in Café Istanbul, as it has in most of her movies. Broadway may get its first chance to see it this fall, if Marlene decides to do Jacques Deval's new play, Samarkand. As for television: "I don't want to get into it yet. I'm waiting for it to get better. After all, I'll have to defend my title...