| Five Plays: Antigone, Eurydice, the Ermine, the Rehearsal, Romeo and Jeannette Contributor(s): Anouilh, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374522294 ISBN-13: 9780374522292 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1990 Annotation: The great French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-87) wrote both "pink" bittersweet comedies and "black" tragic dramas. "Jean Anouilh Five Plays"--the finest English-language anthology of his works--crackles with both his sharp wit and his icy cynicism. In "Antigone," his preeminent play and exemplar of his themes and style, he creates a disturbing world in which fate may be no more than a game of role-playing. "Eurydice,"" The Ermine," "The Rehearsal," R"omeo and Jeannette" are the other plays included in this edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - French |
| Dewey: 842.912 |
| Series: Five Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.85 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The great French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-87) wrote both "pink" bittersweet comedies and "black" tragic dramas. Jean Anouilh Five Plays--the finest English-language anthology of his works--crackles with both his sharp wit and his icy cynicism. In Antigone, his preeminent play and exemplar of his themes and style, he creates a disturbing world in which fate may be no more than a game of role-playing. Eurydice, The Ermine, The Rehearsal, Romeo and Jeannette are the other plays included in this edition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anouilh, Jean: - Jean Anouilh was born in Bordeaux in 1910 and lived for many years in Switzerland until his death in 1987. His best-known plays are: Restless Heart (1934), Dinner with the Family, Traveller without Lu ggage (both 1937) Thieves' Carnival (1938), Leocadia (1939), Point of Departure (Eurydice) (1941), A ntigone (1944), the Rehearsal (1950), The Waltz of the Toreadors (1952), The Lark (1953), Poor Bitos (1956), The Director of the Opera (1973). Methuen publishes two volumes of his collected plays. |