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DescriptionWritten in 1923 with 22WWl as background, an excellent example of Cocteau's verve, urbanity, and stylistic brilliance. Here, imaginative sixteen-year-old Thomas 'borrows' an illustrious ancestry which both a widowed Princess and her young daughter find irresistible. Reviews"'Exciting in its mixture of fantasy, horror and hilarity.'- Daily Telegraph 'Words are used as if with a thrusting palette knife, and the effect is at once powerful and striking.' - Scotsman; 'At once the mind turns to Diaghilev and those frenzied days when the Cocteau talents took their first springtime leap. It is in the manner of a macabre ballet that the battle scenes emerge. We feel as we feel in the theatre, and not the less deeply for that.' - Guardian; 'A welcome reappearance' - Gay Times" |