Orpheus, original title Orphée, is a stage play written by Jean Cocteau, produced in Paris 1926 by Georges Pitoëff and Ludmilla Pitoëff, with decors by Jean Hugo and costumes by Coco Chanel.The play was the first major work for the theater written by Cocteau. It is based on the myth of Orpheus, dealing largely with the supernatural. While contemporary critics called the work "superficial," it has later been called "a brilliantly conceived homage to the supernatural". Cocteau later, rather loosely, adapted the play to the better known film Orpheus (1950). Source: Wikipedia (en)