L'Ours et la Lune

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L'Ours et la Lune (English: The Bear and the Moon) is a play by Paul Claudel, written in April 1917. [1]

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References

  1. Moraly, Jean-Bernard (1998). Claudel metteur en scène: la frontière entre les deux mondes (in French). Presses Univ. Franche-Comté. p. 34. ISBN   9782251606248.