What is the title of the play Pablo Picasso wrote in 1941?

The play Pablo Picasso wrote in 1941 is *Desire Caught by the Tail*.

Picasso wrote the farcical, surrealist work in French under the title *Le Désir attrapé par la queue*. He reportedly completed it during the winter of 1941, soon after German forces occupied Paris, while he was ill. The play’s strange atmosphere reflects both wartime anxiety and Picasso’s experimental approach to language and performance.

The work was not performed publicly immediately. Its first notable presentation was a private reading in Paris in 1944, directed by Albert Camus, with parts read by figures including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Raymond Queneau and Picasso himself. Its characters include Big Foot, Tart, Onion, Silence and the two Bow-wows.

A common mix-up is confusing this play with Picasso’s other dramatic works, including *The Four Little Girls* and *The Burial of the Count of Orgaz*. *Desire Caught by the Tail* is the one specifically written in 1941.