Amphitryon 38

noun

1. a play (1938) by Jean Giraudoux.

Example Sentences

When Broadway roared last season at Jean Giraudoux's Amphitryon 38, it was really patting some forgotten Greek dramatist on the back for his Amphitryon 1.

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Theatre Guild subscribers, present for the Manhattan opening of Amphitryon 38, settled back expectantly in their seats.

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To provincial Lunt-Fontanne fans, Amphitryon 38 was pretty much what the doctor ordered.

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Broadway was not surprised when Amphitryon 38 rode into Manhattan to find first-nighters willing to pay as high as $100 for a pair of seats.

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Just as all but the extremely myopic soon discovered that the display of buttockry in the startling opening set was a plaster hoax, so none but the most zealous Lunt-Fontanne champions found Amphitryon 38 the perfect play.

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