On holiday in a sunny clime, an aging drag queen drunkenly recounts the many successes, and the single important failure, of his chequered career. As one critic put it : "...the Duchesse de Langeais embodies, in his own extreme way, the alienation of the Québec male."

« LA DUCHESSE : […] That sun is like Chinese torture!… That's alright, it's good for you. You'll be all tanned and beautiful. (She wipes her face.) That's not true, Cinderella, 'cause all you ever do in the sun is turn red as a lobster. Oh, a lobster! Mon Dieu! That's masculin! Am I gonna start referring to myself in the masculin! Quelle horreur! Of course, there must be lady lobsters, but still… […] »

"Of all the transvestites created by Michel Tremblay, the Duchess of Langeais is the most tragic." Luc Boulanger, Voir, June 27, 1996.