Zaza is a French-language play written by playwrights Pierre Berton and Charles Simon, and staged for the first time at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, in May 1898. The title character is a prostitute who becomes a music hall entertainer and the mistress of a married man. The play is probably best known in the English-speaking world in the adaptation of the same title by David Belasco, which premiered at the Lafayette Square Opera House in Washington, D.C., in December 1898, and subsequently opened at the Garrick Theatre in New York City, in January 1899. It is also the source material for the 1900 opera Zazà by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Adaptations (2)
Zaza has been adapted into 2 films, from 1923 to 1938.
Zaza1923 · film · 84 min · dir. Allan Dwan · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
Zaza1938 · film · 83 min · dir. George Cukor · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
