Gigi: A Comedy in Two Acts

by Anita Loos

Comedy / 2 male, 5 female 2 Interiors This is the classic story of a young girl who wins at the game of love. Gigi has been brought up by her Grandmama and Aunt Alicia, an old-school courtesan, to be a stylish coquette and set her sights on a rich man. When Gaston visits, he brings her candy and lets her cheat at cards, captivated by her girlish ways. Now 16, Gigi is ripe to put away childish things and prepare to become Gaston's mistress. The clever girl however, has ot

Genres: Plays, Romance

106 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1998

About the author

People best know American writer Anita Loos for her novels, especially Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925), which she later adapted for film; her many screenplays include The Girl from Missouri (1934).

She authored plays and her blockbuster comic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Loos

Reviews

[CaliGirlRae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Checked this out from the library as a teen and really enjoyed it. Charming tale from what I remember!

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a different culture and a different time. Gigi, a 16 yr old French girl, is being raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a courtesan. Eventually she refuses and agrees to marry Gaston, who is rich and loves her. (If you've seen the movie you know all this already.) It makes me cringe, but it's well written. I've seen the movie and the musical made from it, and despite the lovely music, it's still pretty problematic.

[Enrique · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun, brisk, and delightful read as is always the case from Anita Loos. Audrey Hepburn truly was perfect for this and just the thought of her performing this transcends the play to a whole other level. My only real complaints are more so due to the ending and original novel but overall, a great and pleasant read.

[Laura Henzenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

plays should be made into series because i need to understand these characters before they got here and what happens after to truly understand who they are and what the appeal of Tonton is

[Bt · Rating 2 out of 5]

This play was just fine, but I see no reason to produce it since there's the lovely Lerner and Lowe musical you could produce instead. Like the musical, the play stays very true to the original short story down to exact lines of dialogue. I thought, though, that the ending of the play was not handled as well as the ending of the musical. The musical builds to a nice, big climax, whereas the play (and also the original short story) resolves everything rather suddenly. We also get much more of Gaston's character in the musical since he has his own scenes with his father and by himself, and I was more sympathetic to him in the musical. And the story just isn't the same without "The Night They Invented Champagne" and "She's not thinking of me"!

P.S. I would have given this three stars alone, but it lost a star because I know how much better the plot could have been handled - the way it was handled in the musical.