Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh was born on June 23, 1910, in Bordeaux, France. A renowned French playwright, he was celebrated for his innovative and thought-provoking plays that challenged traditional theatrical conventions. Anouilh's work often explores complex moral dilemmas and human conflicts, making him a significant figure in 20th-century French literature.
Personal Name: Anouilh, Jean
Birth: 1910
Death: 1987
Jean Anouilh Books
(7 Books)
Contains:
[Pygmalion](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1066524W/Pygmalion?edition=) / Bernard Shaw --
The green pastures / Marc Connelly --
The happy journey to Trenton and Camden / Thornton Wilder --
Ways and means / Noël Coward --
Hello out there / William Saroyan --
Antigone / Jean Anouilh --
[The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) / Tennessee Williams --
The madwoman of Chaillot / Jean Giraudoux --
Another part of the forest / Lillian Hellman --
[Death of a Salesman](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL66346W) / Arthur Miller --
Venus observed / Christopher Fry.
Apre s Sophocle, J. Anouilh reprend le mythe d'Antigone. Fille d'Oedipe et de Jocaste, la jeune Antigone est en re volte contre la loi humaine qui interdit d'enterrer le corps de son fre re Polynice. Pre sente e sous l'Occupation en 1944, cette pie ce met en sce ne l'absolu d'un personnage en re volte face au pouvoir, a l'injustice et a la me diocrite .
Portrays the conflict of loyalties to church and state as they influenced the lives of two powerful men in English history.
