Anouilh Plays: 1: Antigone; Leocadia; The Waltz of the Toreasors; The Lark; Poor Bitos

by Jean Anouilh

Book Overview

A selection of the most enduring work of one of this century's best-known French playwrights

Jean Anouilh (1910-87) along with Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, was at the forefront of the post-war generation of playwrights in Paris. In England his plays were championed by Peter Brook. Antigone is a response to the German occupation of France and established his popularity in 1944 (the Germans ironically, thought that it was a pro-Nazi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041314030X
• ISBN13: 9780413140302
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"