Le Singe qui parle, better known in English as The Monkey Talks, is a comedy in three acts by René Fauchois. It premiered at the Comédie-Caumartin in Paris on October 8, 1924. Positively received, it was subsequently staged at the Royal Park Theatre in Brussels where a production opened on October 8, 1924. American author Gladys Unger adapted the play into English using the title The Monkey Talks. Her English language version of the play was staged on Broadway at the Sam H. Harris Theatre where it opened on December 28, 1925. Unger's adaptation of the play had previously been used but in a further modified version by English-born American writer Rowland Leigh who changed portions of it for the London production which preceded the New York staging.
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The Monkey Talks was adapted into a 1927 film.
The Monkey Talks1927 · film · 60 min · dir. Raoul Walsh · IMDb ↗IMDb6.1In 1927 Olive Borden starred in Fox drama The Monkey Talks directed by Raoul Walsh. She played a circus performer who meets a man pretending to be a talking monkey.
