French Toast
Author(s):
Jean Poiret, adapted by Sam Alexander and the company
Company:
Gallic Gang
French Toast is based on Poiret’s play, Fefe de Broadway. The plot, set in a provincial English theatre in this adaptation, depicts the tumultuous collaboration between a British theatre director and a French actress.
Basingstoke,1977. Director Simon Monk thinks his musical adaptation of the classic French play Phaedra will be his come-back ticket to English theatre.
Paris, 1977. Jacqueline Brémont, a French theatre diva, gets wind of this musical adaptation of Phaedra by Simon, a former lover, and is keen to bolster the production with her considerable expertise and financial backing. There are just a few minor details to iron out: she can’t sing, she can’t dance, and Simon has no intention of casting her.
