Anouilh, Jean
Anouilh, Jean ( 1910 – 87 ),French dramatist, author of over 50 dramatic works, and, from the mid-1930s, one of the most popular playwrights in France. Among his works are Le Bal des voleurs ( 1938 ; Thieves' Carnival, 1952 ), Antigone ( 1944 ; 1946 ), L'Invitation au château ( 1947 ; Ring round the Moon, 1950 ), La Valse des toréadors ( 1952 ; The Waltz of the Toreadors, 1956 ), and a number of plays dealing with historical figures, including L'Alouette ( 1953 ; The Lark, 1955 ), on Joan of Arc , Pauvre Bitos ( 1956 ; Poor Bitos, 1964 ), on Robes-pierre, and Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu ( 1959 ; Becket; or, The Honour of God, 1960 ), on Becket .
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