What was the name of the 1929 novel written by the author whose scenario inspired the one-act ballet "Le Train Bleu"?
Le Train Bleu (ballet) Le train bleu is a one-act ballet choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska to music by Darius Milhaud for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau. The title was taken from the night train called Le Train Bleu, which transported wealthy passengers from Calais to the Mediterranean Sea. The ballet is set at the fashionable resort of Deauville and has a sporting theme, with swimmers, tennis players, and weight lifters. Henri Laurens supplied a Cubist beach scene and Coco Chanel outfitted the cast in sportswear. The curtain was painted after "Deux femmes courant sur la plage", a 1922 work by Pablo Picasso.
Grigory Kugushev Prince Grigory Vasilyevich Kugushev (Russian: Григорий Васильевич Кугушев , 17 March 1824, – 3 October 1871) was a Russian writer, poet and playwright whose comedies (including "Goluboi Kapot", Blue Hood; "Pari", The Bet; "Priyomysh", Foster) had great (if not very lasting) success in the Russian Imperial Theatres in 1850s. More substantial and critically acclaimed were Kugushev's works of fiction, notably "Kornet Otletayev" (Корнет Отлетаев, a three-part novella, first published by "Russky Vestnik" in 1856) and the four-part novel "Postoronneye Vliyaniye" (Постороннее влияние, 1858—1859). He also wrote the libretto for the epic drama opera "Mazeppa" (1859) by Baron