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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French: [ʒɑ̃ anuj]; [1] 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government.
Ardèle ou la Marguerite is a 1948 play by French dramatist Jean Anouilh.It was the first of his self-styled pièces grinçantes – i.e., 'grating' black comedies. According to Anouilh's biographer Edward Owen Marsh, "In this angry, pessimistic work Anouilh shows himself a master at the height of his powers in every aspect of his
Colombe is a play in four acts by French dramatist Jean Anouilh, written in 1950, created at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on February 10, 1951, in a mise-en-scène, set and costumes by André Barsacq and published in 1951 at Éditions de la Table ronde in Pièces brillantes.
Humulus le muet (Humulus the Mute) is a 1948 play by French dramatist Jean Anouilh.. It is Anouilh's first play, and was written in collaboration with Jean Aurenche. It was performed by the Compagnons de l'Arc-en-ciel in 1948 in Paris, and adapted for the screen and filmed in 1985.
The Lark (French: L'Alouette) is a 1952 play about Joan of Arc by the French playwright Jean Anouilh. . It was first presented at the Théâtre Montparnasse, Paris in October 1953. Translated into English by Christopher Fry in 1955, it was then adapted by Lillian Hellman for the Broadway production in the same year.
Antigone was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on February 6, 1944, during the Nazi occupation.Produced under Nazi censorship, the play is purposefully ambiguous with regard to the rejection of authority (represented by Antigone) and the acceptance of it (represented by Creon).
Cher Antoine ou l'Amour raté is a play in four acts by French dramatist Jean Anouilh. It was written and first produced in Paris in October 1, 1969 [1] in a production that was co-directed by the author.
Y'avait un prisonnier is a play by French dramatist Jean Anouilh. It consists of three acts and was first performed at the Theatre of the Ambassador's in Paris in 1934. It consists of three acts and was first performed at the Theatre of the Ambassador's in Paris in 1934.