by Jean Anouilh · Table Ronde · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782710330400
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«Antigone» is the play by Jean Anouilh, published by Table Ronde in paperback (122 pages, in French).
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, defies King Creon's prohibition and decides to bury her brother Polynices, considered a traitor. This conflict between family piety and the law of the state turns this play by Jean Anouilh into a reflection on individual conscience and rebellion against power.
This edition is a version of Sophocles' Antigone, premiered in 1944 during the German occupation of France, and belongs to the La Petite Vermillon collection.
Regular reading in literature courses and French schools, and an introduction to Jean Anouilh's theatre for fans of classical drama.
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.
