A Door Should Be
Either Open or Shut
The first of two dramatic proverbs by Alfred de Musset. The count finds himself once again paying an afternoon visit to the Marquise. Why? They don't get on. Unless there is other company she becomes angry and offhand and he invariably flies into a sulk. And meanwhile that door has been left ajar ...
Translated by Karen Johnson and Tania Croft-Murray Director Peter Kavanagh