by Jean Anouilh (Author), Ned Chaillet (Introduction)
A selection of the most enduring work of one of this century's best-known French playwrights This selection of plays by Jean Anouilh (1910-87), includes The Rehearsal ('quintissential Anouilh', Herald Tribune); Becket ('witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence' Financial Times); The Orchestra (a play within a concert), together with Eurydice, an ironic modern reworkng of the myth ('a fascinating piece', Financial Times)."Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing." (Peter Brook)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 292
Publisher: A&C Black 3PL
Published: 04 Dec 1997
ISBN 10: 0413722600
ISBN 13: 9780413722607
Quintissential Anouilh. - Herald Tribune
Witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence. -Financial Times (Becket review)
Fascinating. -Financial Times (The Orchestra review)
Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing. Peter Brook, Director
Quintissential Anouilh. Herald Tribune
Witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence. Financial Times (Becket review)
Fascinating. Financial Times (The Orchestra review)
Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing. Peter Brook, Director
Quintissential Anouilh. Herald Tribune
Witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence. Financial Times (Becket review)
Fascinating. Financial Times (The Orchestra review)
Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing. Peter Brook, Director
Quintissential Anouilh. --Herald Tribune
Witty, intelligent, full of repartee and irreverence. --Financial Times (Becket review)
Fascinating. --Financial Times (The Orchestra review)
Anouilh is a poet but not a poet of words, he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing. --Peter Brook, Director