Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the seco… - Jean Cocteau
" "Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs.
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About Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, painter, and filmmaker.
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Clément Eugène Jean Pierre Cocteau
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Zhan Kokto
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Eugène Jean Maurice Cocteau
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Eugene Jean Maurice Cocteau
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