Quote by: 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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Author Bio


  • NameJean Cocteau
  • DescriptionFrench poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
  • BornJuly 5, 1889
  • DiedOctober 11, 1963
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPainter; Playwright; Film Director; Poet; Choreographer; Illustrator; Novelist; Screenwriter; Writer; Composer; Librettist
  • AwardsCommander Of The Legion Of Honour