The Cardinals' Collation (Portuguese: A Ceia dos Cardeais[a]) is one-act play by Portuguese playwright Júlio Dantas, premiered on 24 March 1902.
Originally written in Alexandrine couplets, it mostly comprises three monologues by three cardinals — one Portuguese, one French, and one Spanish — who are reminiscing about their first loves over a supper of pheasant with truffles in a richly-appointed Vatican room.
[1] The first adaptation of the work into the English language was made by H. A. Saintsbury; it was first performed at the Globe Theatre in London on 7 February 1926.
[2] A BBC Television studio production was made in 1938.
[3] This article on a play from the 1900s is a stub.