MILLY-LA-FORET.-
Purchased in 1947 with Jean Marais, Jean Cocteau’s house in
Milly-la-Forêt
was the theatre of creation for his most important works. Born
within
these walls were the unforgettable words of Testament d’Orphée and

Requiem, along with numerous paintings, drawings, and pastels. He
lived
the last seventeen years of his life here with his companion,
Edouard
Dermit. From the death of the poet in 1963 until 1995, the latter
watched
over the objects that had made up Cocteau’s daily surroundings.