Marius is a 1929 play by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It takes place in Marseilles, where a young man named Marius working in a café dreams of going to sea, his obsession eventually overcoming his developing romance with Fanny, a local girl.
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| Written by | Marcel Pagnol |
| Date premiered | 1929 |
| Original language | French |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Marseilles, France |
Two years later a British version Sea Fever by John Van Druten was staged unsuccessfully in the West End.[1] The same year Pagnol wrote a sequel Fanny.
Film adaptation edit
In 1931 the play was turned into a film Marius directed by Alexander Korda for the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures with a screenplay written by Pagnol himself. In 1938 this was remade as an American film Port of Seven Seas by James Whale.[2] In 2013 it was remade by Daniel Auteuil.
Cast recording edit
An audio cast recording of select scenes, with minor rewritings, was made at the studios Pelouze in Paris in March 1932 and on 2 and 14 December 1933 for Columbia Records by the main cast (Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Raimu, Fernand Charpin, Paul Dullac, Robert Vattier, Henri Vilbert). It was later re-issued on compact disc.[3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "La leçon de bistrot" (The Bartending Lesson) | 03:11 |
| 2. | "Le retour de M. Brun" (Monsieur Brun’s Return) | 03:15 |
| 3. | "Je sors" (I’m Going Out) | 02:58 |
| 4. | "Pauvre Félicité" (Poor Félicité) | 03:13 |
| 5. | "Je t’aime bien, Papa" (I Like You Very Much, Papa) | 06:33 |
| 6. | "La partie de cartes" (The Card Game) | 06:11 |
| 7. | "Le petit déjeuner et l’histoire de Zoé" (The Breakfast and Zoé’s Story) | 05:57 |
References edit
- ^ Wearing p.129
- ^ Goble p.357
- ^ "Notice bibliographique — Le théâtre parisien de Sarah Bernhardt à Sacha Guitry". BnF Catalogue général (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
Bibliography edit
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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