Anouilh Plays: 1 - Antigone; Leocadia; The Waltz of the Toreasors; The Lark; Poor Bitos (Paperback, Reissue)

A selection of the most enduring work of one of this century's best-known French playwrights Jean Anouilh (1910-87) along with Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, was at the forefront of the post-war generation of playwrights in Paris. In England his plays were championed by Peter Brook. Antigone is a response to the German occupation of France and established his popularity in 1944 (the Germans ironically, thought that it was a pro-Nazi in its portrayal of King Creon and thus allowed its production); Poor Bitos, Anouilh's angriest play explores the act of judicial murder and The Lark is a version of the Joan of Arc story. All three plays show his fondness for reworking myth, history and legend. Meanwhile Leocadia, about an opera singer who dies after a three day love affair with a prince and The Waltz of the Toreadors, about a general whose mistress attempts to prove his wife's infidelity, represent another talent - for ironic, modern comedy."Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing." (Peter Brook)

General

Imprint:	Methuen Drama
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	World Classics
Release date:	December 1987
First published:	May 1988
Authors:	Jean Anouilh
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	448
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-413-14030-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-413-14030-X
Barcode:	9780413140302

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