Winner of the antoinette perry award for best play of the season, anouilh s monumental workintroduced in. Jean anouilh and the theatre of revolt macsphere mcmaster. Anouilh s classic historical tale of conflict between church and state, in a major new translation by frederic and stephen raphaelin becket, anouilh presents the. Anouilhs use of mytrlological emporia state institutional. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Uploaded by christine wagner on september 30, 2009. Zijn antigone werd in 1942 geschreven, maar pas in 1944 uitgevoerd. Apresentada pela primeira vez no teatro montparnasse no 14. Sauvage, eurydice, l hermine, le voyageur sans bagag. Livraison chez vous ou en magasin et 5% sur tous les livres. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Paris, theatre montparnasse gaston baty, 8 octobre 1959 jean anouilh. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library.
Thomas becket, fidele conseiller et ami du roi dangleterre, est brillant, jeune et intelligent. It is a depiction of the conflict between thomas becket and king henry ii of england leading to beckets assassination in 1170. Dramodydd o ffrancwr oedd jean anouilh 23 mehefin 1910 3 hydref 1987. Becket ili cast bozja, poznat i po skracenom naslovu becket je historijska drama francuskog pisca jeana anouilha premijerno prikazana u parizu 1959. Neuf comediens, des figurants, 20 personnages et 40 costumes depoque. From its powerful opening scene, of a naked king henry ii praying at the tomb of thomas becket, to the final wrenching act of ultimate selfsacrifice, jean anouilh s becket remains a towering achievement in the history of the theatre. I thought the text would be a little dense and difficult to get through, but anouilh s dialogue it witty and so engaging. Publication date 1959 publisher paris, table ronde. Search for library items search for lists search for. Jean anouilh werd geboren in bordeaux als zoon van een.
A really great script that raises fascinating questions. Jean anouilh bordeaux, 23 juni 1910 lausanne, 3 oktober 1987 was een frans toneelschrijver levensloop. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, anouilh is best known for his 1944 play antigone, an adaptation of sophocles classical drama, that was seen as an attack on marshal petains vichy government. Elle aura lieu a leves, a lespace soutine, le 17 juin 2016. Jean anouilh s becket is a captivating play about duty and honor, friendship and faith, and the abuse of power. For more than twenty years jean anouilh has been generally recognized as one. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.