by Jean Anouilh · ISBN 9782710303046
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In 'La vicomtesse d'Eristal n'a pas reçu son balai mécanique', Jean Anouilh shares memories of his youth, offering an intimate look at his life and formative experiences. This biographical book immerses the reader in the world of the French playwright, exploring his early years and the influences that shaped his career. A work that reveals the personal side of one of the great names in 20th-century theater.
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.
