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What is the typical English title for film and stage adaptations of La Dame aux Camélias?

  • Camilla

  • Camelia

  • Carmen

  • Camille

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The English title for adaptations of the French play and novel La Dame aux Camélias is Camille. Alexandre Dumas fils's 1848 play is a semi-autobiographical work loosely based on his affair with Marie Duplessis, a renowned courtesan of the 1840s. The play was adapted into Verdi's opera La traviata (1853) and has been adapted into numerous films, including the 1936 film Camille starring Greta Garbo.
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