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Les Jumeaux de Brighton

January 30, 2022 / suzannethinton / Leave a comment

On 5 February 1908, two little girls were born at 18 Riley Road, Brighton.  They were the conjoined twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton.

Five weeks later, Tristan Bernard published his comedy Les Jumeaux de Brighton [The Brighton Twins ].

les-jumeaux-film

Title screen of the 1936 film version of the Bernard play. Rights owner sought

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