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Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean
Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean (1882–1944), French novelist and dramatist, whose fruitful collaboration with the actor-director Jouvet produced some of the finest plays of the period. Giraudoux was already a well-known novelist when his first play Siegfried (1928) was produced at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées. After Amphitryon 38 (1929), which, in an English adaptation by S. N. Behrman, had a great success in England and America with the Lunts as Jupiter and Alcmena, and Judith (1931), a biblical tragedy, came the enchanting Intermezzo (1933), a mixture of fantasy and realism seen in London in 1956 in a production by the Renaud-Barrault company. In La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1935), Giraudoux traced the causes of the Trojan War to a lie and a misunderstanding. As Tiger at the Gates (with Michael Redgrave playing Hector) this made a belated appearance in London and New York in 1955 in a translation by Christopher Fry. In 1939, Ondine, a retelling of the legend of the water-nymph, began a successful run which was cut short in 1940; it was not revived until 1949. It was seen in French in London in 1953 and in English in an RSC production in 1961. In 1942 L'Apollon de Bellac was produced in Rio de Janeiro by Jouvet, who directed its first production in France in 1947. In 1943 came the première in Paris of Sodome et Gomorrhe, in which Lia, the leading role, was played by Edwige Feuillère. La Folle de Chaillot, a fantasy produced posthumously in 1945, re-established Giraudoux's magic. The play was an instant success in Paris and, as The Madwoman of Chaillot, was seen in New York (1948) and London (1951). Giraudoux's last play was Pour Lucrèce (1953), directed by Barrault at the Marigny and staged in London as Duel of Angels (1958) with Vivien Leigh as Paola, played originally by Edwige Feuillère. Revivals of some of Giraudoux's earlier plays have shown that their distinctive blend of verbal and theatrical fluency continues to be attractive.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-GiraudouxHippolyteJean.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-GiraudouxHippolyteJean.html |
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Amphitryon
Amphitryon , in Greek mythology, son of Alcaeus. While betrothed to Alcmene, he accidentally killed her father, Electryon. Alcmene and Amphitryon fled to Thebes, but she demanded that he defeat Pterelaos, her father's enemy. This Amphitryon did, but on the night of his return Zeus took Amphitryon's form and came into Alcmene's bed. That night she conceived children by both Zeus and Amphitryon. Hercules was the son of Zeus, Iphicles the son of Amphitryon. |
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"Amphitryon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Amphitryon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Amphitry.html "Amphitryon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Amphitry.html |
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Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean
Giraudoux, [Hippolyte] Jean (1882–1944), playwright. Thanks to a number of fine productions, Giraudoux has been the most successful of the modern French playwrights in the American theatre. He met varying measures of popularity with four works: Amphitryon 38 (1937), The Madwoman of Chaillot (1948), Ondine (1954), and Tiger at the Gates (1955). His best works were felicitously witty mixtures of fantasy and realism.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-GiraudouxHippolyteJean.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-GiraudouxHippolyteJean.html |
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Amphitryon
Amphitryon, a comedy by Dryden, produced and published 1690. Adapted from the comedies of Plautus and Molière on the same subject, it represents the story of Jupiter's seduction of Alcmena in the guise of her husband Amphitryon. The cruel abuse of mortal love by the gods is in striking contrast to the play's uninhibited eroticism. The story was adapted by Giraudoux (1929).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Amphitryon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Amphitryon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Amphitryon.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Amphitryon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Amphitryon.html |
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