Amphitryon 38

Amphitryon 38 is a play written in 1929 by the French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on stage previously.

Amphitryon 38
Amphitryon 38 performance at Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków, 1948
Written byJean Giraudoux
CharactersAmphitryon, Alcmene,
Jupiter, Mercury , Leda
Date premiered8 November 1929
Place premiered Comedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris
Original languageFrench
SubjectThe god Jupiter intrudes into the faithful marriage of two mortals
GenreDrama
SettingMythological ancient Greece
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