Kiki New play to tell tempestuous tale of 'the Queen of Montparnasse'
about 3 years in TheScotsman
Painter, singer, model and friend to everyone from Jean Cocteau to Ernest Hemingway, Alice Prin, better known as Kiki, was one of the stars of Jazz Age Paris. Playwright Clive King tells Mark Fisher why he felt moved to write about her now – and how a near-death experience influenced his final script