Boeing-Boeing (play)

Boeing-Boeing
Written byMarc Camoletti
Date premiered10 December 1960
Place premieredComédie-Caumartin, Paris
Original languageFrench
Subject"It all boils down to juggling timetables and a reliable maid who never forgets to change the photographs."
GenreComedy; farce
SettingBernard's apartment, Paris, France

Boeing-Boeing is a farce written by the French playwright Marc Camoletti. The English-language adaptation, translated by Beverley Cross, was first staged in London at the Apollo Theatre in 1962 and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in 1965, running for seven years.[1] In 1991, the play was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most performed French play throughout the world.

  1. ^ Mervyn Rothstein (8 June 2008). "Flying High". Playbill. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.