Anouilh Plays: 2 : The Rehearsal; Becket; The Orchestra; Eurydice

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



This selection of plays by Jean Anouilh (1910-87), includes The Rehearsal ('quintissential Anouilh', Herald Tribune); Becket ('witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence' Financial Times); The Orchestra (a play within a concert), together with Eurydice, an ironic modern reworkng of the myth ('a fascinating piece', Financial Times)."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)

“Quintissential Anouilh.” —Herald Tribune

“Witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence.” —Financial Times (Becket review)

“Fascinating.” —Financial Times (The Orchestra review)

“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, Director