{"product_id":"9780413140302","title":"Anouilh Plays: 1 : Antigone; Leocadia; The Waltz of the Toreasors; The Lark; Poor Bitos","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAnouilh Plays: 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jean Anouilh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selection of the most enduring work of one of this century's best-known French playwrights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean 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 in its portrayal of King Creon and thus allowed its production); Poor Bitos, Anouilh's angriest play explores the act of judicial murder and The Lark is a version of the Joan of Arc story. All three plays show his fondness for reworking myth, history and legend. Meanwhile Leocadia, about an opera singer who dies after a three day love affair with a prince and The Waltz of the Toreadors, about a general whose mistress attempts to prove his wife's infidelity, represent another talent - for ironic, modern comedy.\"Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing.\" (Peter Brook)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing.” —\u003ci\u003ePeter Brook, Director\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413140302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592929325262,"sku":"9780413140302","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_6c831426-700b-49ed-9fd5-c62ae6656774.jpg?v=1637777792","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413140302","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}