La Cage aux Folles (play)

{{Infobox play | name = La Cage aux Folles (Birds of a Feather) [1]

References

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film#1970.E2.80.931979<ref> | image | image_size = | caption = | writer = [[Jean Poiret]] | characters = Georges<br> Albin "Zaza" <br> Francis<br> Salomé<br> Jacob<br> Mercédès<br> M. Tabaro<br> Zorba<br> Laurent<br> M. Languedoc<br> M. Dieulafoi<br> Mme Dieulafoi<br> Muriel<br> Simone | setting = a nightclub in St. Tropez, France. | premiere = 1973 | place = [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal]]<br>[[Paris]], [[France]] | orig_lang = [[French language|French]] | subject = | genre = [[Comedy]]; [[farce]] }} '''''La Cage aux Folles''''' ({{IPA-fr|la kaʒ o fɔl}}) is a 1973 French [[farce]] by [[Jean Poiret]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/466442/Jean-Poiret|title = Jean Poiret|date = 2014-08-16|accessdate = 2014-08-16|website = Encyclopedia Britannica|publisher = Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|last = |first = }}</ref> centering on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint Tropez night club owner and his gay lover, brings his fiancée's ultraconservative parents for dinner. The original French production premièred at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] on 1 February 1973 and ran for almost 1,800 performances. The principal roles were played by [[Jean Poiret]] and [[Michel Serrault]]. A French-Italian [[La Cage aux Folles (film)|film of the play]] was made in 1978 (with two sequels ''[[La Cage aux Folles II]]'' (1980), directed by [[Édouard Molinaro]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edouard-molinaro-film-director-whose-comedy-la-cage-aux-folles-played-a-part-in-establishing-mainstream-acceptance-of-gay-couples-9013897.html|title = Edouard Molinaro: Film director whose comedy 'La Cage Aux Folles' played a part in establishing mainstream acceptance of gay couples|date = 2013-12-19|accessdate = 2014-08-16|website = The Independent|publisher = The Independent|last = Perrone|first = Pierre}}</ref> and ''[[La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding|La Cage aux Folles 3: 'Elles' se marient]]'' (1985), directed by [[Georges Lautner]].) In 1983, Poiret's play was adapted in the United States as a [[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|musical]] with a book by [[Harvey Fierstein]] and music and lyrics by [[Jerry Herman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4231|title = La Cage aux Folles|date = 2014-08-16|accessdate = 2014-08-16|website = Internet Broadway Database|publisher = The Broadway League|last = |first = }}</ref> and later remade as the English film The Birdcage.<ref>"The Birdcage". IMDB. IMDB.com, Inc. 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2014-08-16.