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'''''Deburau''''' is a 1918 French play by [[Sacha Guitry]] that also played on Broadway in a translation by Harley Granville-Barker at the Belasco Theatre in 1920–21[[Mantle, Burns|Burns Mantle]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GrlEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 The Best Plays of 1920-21 and the Year Book of the Drama in America], pp. 19-61 (1921) and at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in 1921.
In America, after an out-of-town warmup in Washington,(14 December 1920). Hunger Unappeased Is Effect of New Comedy, Washington Times(16 December 1920). Belasco Purpose To Honor Capital, Evening Star the play debuted at the Belasco Theatre on December 23, 1920. Mantle writes that it "immediately took its place, not only as one of the fine plays of this particular season, but as one of the most impressively and beautifully staged plays the American stage has ever known." Belasco, however, decided not to take the play on the road due to the cost of doing so, also reporting that the entire production in New York was also going to be a loss. The New York production required actors and staff totaling 126 (plus two children) to be staged.(29 May 1921). Expensive Deburau, The New York Times
In London, Granville-Barker's translation debuted at the Ambassadors Theatre on November 3, 1921, and played through November 26 (28 perf.) It was the stage debut for Ivor Novello. Robert Loraine played Deburau.Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, p. 123 (2d ed. 2014)
It has been revived a number of times in France, including in 1950 and 1980. Deburau,Les Archives Du Spectacle, Retrieved 23 December 2021
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