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played Madame and David de Bethel provided the scenic design. Zadek also directed the play's first production in
Britain in English, which opened on 5 June 1956 at the New Lindsey Theatre Club. Selma Vaz Dias again played Solange and Betty Stockfeld played Madame, while
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