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Obey, André

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 700+ words | Copyright

Obey, André (1892–1975), French dramatist, whose plays Noé, Le Viol de Lucrèce, and La Bataille de la Marne were all produced in 1931–2 by Saint-Denis for the Compagnie des Quinze. The first, produced in London and New York in 1935 with Gielgud and Pierre Fresnay respectively as Noah, was remarkable for the liveliness of its beasts; the second, which made use of a modified Greek chorus, was one of the sources of the libretto of Britten's opera The Rape of Lucrece (1946). Continuing to employ a distanced technique, often involving the use of a narrator and heightened language, Obey later wrote Le Trompeur de Séville (1937), on the theme of Don Juan, and L'Homme de cendre (1950); also, on biblical themes, Lazare (1952) and Plus de miracles pour Noël (1957), seen in London in 1965 as Frost at Midnight.

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