by Jean Anouilh · Editions de La Table Ronde · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782710300250
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«Antigone» is the play by Jean Anouilh published by Editions de La Table Ronde in paperback (122 pages, in French).
Anouilh revisits the myth of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, to tell the struggle of a young woman who refuses to accept the prohibition against burying her brother Polynices. Written and premiered in 1944, during the occupation of France, the play turns this conflict into a reflection on disobedience, tyranny and personal dignity.
Suitable for students of literature or French and for theatre enthusiasts seeking a modern reinterpretation of Greek myths.
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 production of Sophocles' Antigone, which, though performed without objection by censors, was nevertheless seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.
