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
|
| LSN: |
0-413-14030-X |
| Barcode: |
9780413140302 |
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