School for Coquettes (play)

School for Coquettes (French: L'école des cocottes) is 1918 French comedy play by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon. A young working class woman attends a school to turn her into a coquette in the hope it will allow her to rise up the social scale. It was first performed at the Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris.

A 1928 British play Excelsior was based on the play, written by H. M. Harwood and starring Gladys Cooper.

Adaptations

The film has been turned into films twice. A 1935 film School for Coquettes directed by Pierre Colombier and a 1958 film School for Coquettes directed by Jacqueline Audry.^[1]^[2] It was also made into a 1985 television play.

References

^ Audry, Jacqueline (1 January 1958). "School for Coquettes - Apple TV (FR)". Apple TV. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
^ School for Coquettes (1958) | MUBI. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via mubi.com.

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[1] Audry, Jacqueline (1 January 1958). "School for Coquettes - Apple TV (FR)". Apple TV. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

[2] School for Coquettes (1958) | MUBI. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via mubi.com.

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