Anouilh, Jean (Vol. 8) - Anouilh, Jean 1910–
Anouilh, Jean 1910–
A leading French dramatist, Anouilh has also written screenplays and worked as an editor and translator. He has divided his plays into several categories: the pièces noires ("black plays"), presenting evil as the triumphant force in life, and the pièces roses ("rosy plays"), presenting the triumph of good, are two of these categories. To Anouilh, the pièces noires and pièces roses correspond to the genres of tragedy and comedy. Two other categories used by Anouilh to describe his plays are the pièces brillantes ("brilliant plays") and the pièces grinçantes ("annoying plays"). Drawing from historical sources, including Greek, French, and English, Anouilh has created for the modern theatre, in a modern idiom, works such as Antigone, L'Allouette (a drama based on the life of Joan of Arc), and Beckett, which have become masterpieces of the modern theatre. (See also CLC,...
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