La Cage aux Folles ([la kaʒ o fɔl], "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret[1] centering on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint Tropez night club owner and his gay lover, brings his fiancée's ultraconservative parents for dinner.
The original French production premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 1 February 1973 and ran for almost 1,800 performances.
The principal roles were played by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.
A French-Italian film of the play was made in 1978 (with two sequels La Cage aux Folles II (1980), directed by Édouard Molinaro[2] and La Cage aux Folles 3: 'Elles' se marient (1985), directed by Georges Lautner.)
[4] A new translation by actor Simon Callow premiered at the Park Theatre (London) in 2020.