Biography de jean anouilhs antigone
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Jean Anouilh updates the context of the classic Greek teaterpjäs by Sophocles to make it resonate with the era in which it was written: during the occupation of France bygd Nazi Germany during World War II. As a result, Antigone can be interpreted as a member of the resistance to despotic tyranny that adheres to how the French Underground organized resistance to their fascist occupation.
At the same time, it can be easy for the modern-day reader to miss that connection since the characterization of Antigone as a rebellious freedom fighter (or terrorist from Creon’s perspective) is somewhat muted by ambiguity. That ambiguity turned out to be one of the greatest strengths of the play in the wake of its long legacy as it avoids seeming like mere political
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The seventeenth-century French tradition of adapting classic Greek tragedies came back into fashion in the inter-war period. Jean Cocteau (La Machine infernale, ) and Jean Giraudoux (La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu, ) rekindled the Oedipean and Trojan legends in a French present. In parallel, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus wrote plays that presented contemporary political and philosophical views in action. At the crossroads between antique inspiration and modern debates, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone premiered on February 4 , while Paris was under Nazi occupation.
The theatre was then a welcome source of entertainment and escapism, as well as a literal stage of an intellectual rebellion against totalitarianism. In Sophocles’ BC play, Antigone, a young woman, stands against authority, embodied bygd her Uncle Creon. Popular culture remembers her as the pious daughter of accursed Oedipus, following her father in exile and only coming back to Thebes to die for having tried to bury
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Antigone (Anouilh play)
play by Jean Anouilh
| Antigone | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jean Anouilh |
| Characters | Chorus Antigone Nurse Ismene Haemon Creon First Guard (Jonas) Second Guard (a Corporal) Third Guard Messenger Page Eurydice |
| Date premiered | February 6, |
| Place premiered | France |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | War |
| Genre | tragedy |
Jean Anouilh's play Antigone (French pronunciation:[ɑ̃tiɡɔn]) is a tragedy inspired by the play of the same name by Sophocles.
Performance history
[edit]Original production
[edit]Antigone was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on February 6, , during the Nazioccupation. Produced under Nazi censorship, the play is purposefully ambiguous with regard to the rejection of authority (represented by Antigone) and the acceptance of it (represented by Creon). The parallels to the French Resistance and the Nazi occupation are clear, however. The original cast included Monelle Valentin (Antigone), Jean Da