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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
John Saxon Jones

Letter: Danielle Darrieux in the West End

Captivating: Danielle Darrieux in 1985.
Captivating: Danielle Darrieux in 1985. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

In October 1971 I was lucky enough to see Danielle Darrieux in the short-lived musical Ambassador at Her Majesty’s theatre, London. The show, which also starred Howard Keel, was a version of Henry James’s The Ambassadors. It was not very good, and only survived a couple of months, but the stars were captivating – especially Darrieux.

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