Quotes from work
The Satin Slipper

Paul Claudel

The Satin Slipper is a long play by the French dramatist and poet Paul Claudel. It was written in 1929, but first performed on stage in 1943. Its run time is roughly eleven hours. Today it is rarely staged because of its extreme length and its challenging production requirements. It was made into a film in 1985 by the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.

“Order is the pleasure of the reason; but disorder is the delight of the imagination.”

Paul Claudel The Satin Slipper

Si l'ordre est le plaisir de la raison, le désordre est le délice de l'imagination.
Le soulier de satin: ou, Le pire n'est pas toujours sûr (Paris: Gallimard, [1929] 1936) vol. 1, p. 12; John O'Connor (trans.) The Satin Slipper (London: Sheed & Ward, 1931) p. xxiii.