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"Dans son registre, Jean Anouilh a montré un talent exceptionnel, une maîtrise remarquable du dialogue, des situations et des personnages, une virtuosité et une acuité qui font de lui l'un des plus éminents auteurs du siècle." Philippe Tesson.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1941
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Jean Anouilh
306 books165 followersWorks, such as
Antigone
(1944), of French playwright Jean Anouilh juxtapose harsh reality and fantasy.
A Basque family bore Anouilh in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux. From his father, a tailor, Anouilh maintained that he inherited a dignity in conscientious craftsmanship. He may owe his artistic bent to his mother, a violinist, whose summer seasons in the casino orchestra in the nearby seaside resort of Arcachon supplemented the meager income of the family.
He attended école primaire supérieure and received his secondary education at the Collège Chaptal. Jean-Louis Barrault, a pupil at the same time and later a major director, recalls Anouilh as an intense, rather dandified figure, who hardly noticed a boy some two years younger. Anouilh enrolled as a law student in the University of Paris but after just eighteen months then found employment in the advertising industry and abandoned the course. He spoke more than once with wry approval of the lessons in the classical virtues of brevity and precision of language he learned while drafting copy.
He followed his first unsuccessful l’Hermine in 1929 with a string. He struggled through years of poverty and produced several dramas until he eventually wound as secretary to the great actor-director Louis Jouvet. He quickly discovered inability to get with this gruff man and left his company. During the Nazi occupation, Anouilh not openly took sides, but people often view his most famous publication. He criticizes collaboration with the Nazis in an allegorical manner. Mostly keeping aloof from politics, Anouilh also clashed with Charles de Gaulle in the 1950s.
In 1964, people made Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu (Becket or The Honor of God) into a successful film, starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. Edward Anhalt adapted and won an Academy Award for his screen.
Anouilh grouped on the basis of dominant tone: "black" tragedies, dominant "pink," "brilliant" combined in aristocratic environments, "jarring" with bitter humor, "costumed" historical characters feature, "baroque," and my failures.
In 1970, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca recognized him.
A Basque family bore Anouilh in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux. From his father, a tailor, Anouilh maintained that he inherited a dignity in conscientious craftsmanship. He may owe his artistic bent to his mother, a violinist, whose summer seasons in the casino orchestra in the nearby seaside resort of Arcachon supplemented the meager income of the family.
He attended école primaire supérieure and received his secondary education at the Collège Chaptal. Jean-Louis Barrault, a pupil at the same time and later a major director, recalls Anouilh as an intense, rather dandified figure, who hardly noticed a boy some two years younger. Anouilh enrolled as a law student in the University of Paris but after just eighteen months then found employment in the advertising industry and abandoned the course. He spoke more than once with wry approval of the lessons in the classical virtues of brevity and precision of language he learned while drafting copy.
He followed his first unsuccessful l’Hermine in 1929 with a string. He struggled through years of poverty and produced several dramas until he eventually wound as secretary to the great actor-director Louis Jouvet. He quickly discovered inability to get with this gruff man and left his company. During the Nazi occupation, Anouilh not openly took sides, but people often view his most famous publication. He criticizes collaboration with the Nazis in an allegorical manner. Mostly keeping aloof from politics, Anouilh also clashed with Charles de Gaulle in the 1950s.
In 1964, people made Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu (Becket or The Honor of God) into a successful film, starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. Edward Anhalt adapted and won an Academy Award for his screen.
Anouilh grouped on the basis of dominant tone: "black" tragedies, dominant "pink," "brilliant" combined in aristocratic environments, "jarring" with bitter humor, "costumed" historical characters feature, "baroque," and my failures.
In 1970, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca recognized him.
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January 21, 2025
ژان آنوی باور داره نگاه آخر اورفئوس به اوریدیس موجب از دست دادن شانس اوریدیس از زندگی دوباره نمیشه، بلکه موهبت مرگ رو بهش هدیه میده. این شاید بزرگترین لطفی بود که اورفئوس میتونست در حق اوریدیس انجام بده.
October 28, 2024
Sono perplessa, non ho capito qual è il fine di questa trasposizione e il messaggio, ma è stata una lettura piacevole e ha delle frasi-perle all’interno.
June 14, 2022
trop drôleuuu, j'adoreuu
May 8, 2023
j’ai adoré la mise en scène de cette réécriture
Le mythe est placé dans une époque très contemporaine avec une ambiance très lourde et légère à la fois.
J'ai adoré comment ont été réécrit les protagonistes! J'ai adoré la proposition de mise en scène!
Une vraie merveille que nous a fait Anouilh (comme habituellement j'ai envie de dire). Je trouve ce mythe divinement bien réécrit.
Le mythe est placé dans une époque très contemporaine avec une ambiance très lourde et légère à la fois.
J'ai adoré comment ont été réécrit les protagonistes! J'ai adoré la proposition de mise en scène!
Une vraie merveille que nous a fait Anouilh (comme habituellement j'ai envie de dire). Je trouve ce mythe divinement bien réécrit.
April 30, 2014
Mouais...
December 22, 2022
Прочитала эту пьесу перед походом на спектакль "Не смотри назад" в Гешере.
Очень правильно сделала, как оказалось, если б не прочитала, мне было бы не так все понятно в спектакле, и я бы, наверное меньше бы его оценила.
Такая современная импровизация на тему известного греческого мифа. Довольно занятно, о том, что бывает если не получается отпустить прошлое.
Очень правильно сделала, как оказалось, если б не прочитала, мне было бы не так все понятно в спектакле, и я бы, наверное меньше бы его оценила.
Такая современная импровизация на тему известного греческого мифа. Довольно занятно, о том, что бывает если не получается отпустить прошлое.
April 22, 2021
Anouilh’s mysticism & understanding of myths, seen here & in Becket, is truly something else.
October 20, 2021
A strange setting for this myth but it was entertaining. Love that they also mentions Greta Garbo just like that.
January 16, 2022
What a cheap ending. (I’m sorry Jean Anouilh I don’t mean it I still love you)
July 13, 2023
meh. good moments but kinda flat
October 7, 2023
زیبا و غم انگیز است
August 29, 2025
encore une fois plus que charmée par la pièce de Anouilh, j'ai tellement apprécié la lecture.
c'est fluide, entraînant et beau, que demander de plus?
c'est fluide, entraînant et beau, que demander de plus?
March 22, 2015
Very strange setting for this story but I kind of enjoyed it.
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