Clochemerle

1939 edition

Clochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. It is set in a French village in Beaujolais inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais^[1][2] and deals with the ramifications over plans to install a new urinal in the village square.

Adaptation

There was a 1972 BBC television serial based on the novel, with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson adapting the text. Filmed on location in France, it starred Cyril Cusack, Wendy Hiller, Kenneth Griffith, Roy Dotrice, Cyd Hayman, Micheline Presle, Bernard Bresslaw, Hugh Griffith, Nigel Green, Madeline Smith and Wolfe Morris with narration by Peter Ustinov.

References

1. ^ William Rodarmor, Anna Livia, "France: A Traveler's Literary Companion", Traveler's Literary Companions vol.16, Whereabouts Press, 2008, ISBN 1883513189, p.179
2. ^ Kevin Passmore, "From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French Province, 1928-1939", Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0521894263, p.104

External links

• Clochemerle at the Internet Movie Database
• Clochemerle 1923 book review of The Scandals of Clochemerle by Time (magazine)
• Vaux en Beaujolais website (in French)