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Letter: Danielle Darrieux in the West End Letter: Danielle Darrieux in the West End
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John Saxon Jones
Mon 13 Nov 2017 16.39 GMT
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In October 1971 I was lucky enough to see Danielle Darrieux in the short-lived musical Ambassador at Her Majesty’s theatre, London. The show, which also starred Howard Keel, was a version of Henry James’s The Ambassadors. It was not very good, and only survived a couple of months, but the stars were captivating – especially Darrieux.In October 1971 I was lucky enough to see Danielle Darrieux in the short-lived musical Ambassador at Her Majesty’s theatre, London. The show, which also starred Howard Keel, was a version of Henry James’s The Ambassadors. It was not very good, and only survived a couple of months, but the stars were captivating – especially Darrieux.
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