Sunday, 23 July 2017

The Breasts of Tiresias (Mamelles de Tirésias, 1903) by the French playwright Guillaume Apollinaire, and produced in 1917

A scene from The Breasts of Tiresias (Mamelles de Tirésias, a surrealist play, 1903) by the French playwright Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918), and produced at the Maubel Conservatory on June 24, 1917, with the set and costumes designed by Serge Férat (1881 -1958).

Les Mamelles de Tirésias is a "surrealist" drama in two acts and a prologue by Guillaume Apollinaire, premiered at the Maubel Conservatory on June 24, 1917 in a staging by Pierre Albert-Birot, sets by Serge Férat and costumes by Irène Lagut. The music is by Germaine Albert-Birot.





Les Mamelles di Tirésias, 1917, design by Serge Férat