My Three Angels is a comedy

Comedy

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 play

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 by Samuel and Bella Spewack

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. The show is based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson, and is their only play that is regularly performed in repertory theater. The production opened on Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 at the Morosco Theatre

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 on March 11, 1953, and closed on January 2, 1954 after 344 performances.

The play is set in French Guiana

French Guiana

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 around the turn of the 20th century, showing the interaction between three prisoners and a family of French colonists.

Original Broadway cast

• Walter Slezak
  Walter Slezak
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   as Joseph
• Joan Chandler
  Joan Chandler
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   as Marie Louise Ducotel
• Jerome Cowan
  Jerome Cowan
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   as Jules
• Henry Daniell
  Henry Daniell
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   as Henri Trochard
• Carmen Mathews as Emilie Ducatel
• Robert Carroll
  Robert Carroll
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   as Paul
• Eric Fleming
  Eric Fleming
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   as Lieutenant
• Will Kuluva as Felix Ducotel
• Nan McFarland as Mme. Parole
• Darren McGavin
  Darren McGavin
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   as Alfred

Film

The 1955 movie We're No Angels was based upon My Three Angels. The original play is fairly similar to the film, but the main difference is that in the play the three prisoners are not escapees, they are legally on leave from the prison, helping the colonists with repairs.

Links

• My Three Angels at the Internet Broadway Database
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• Coronado Playhouse production