Cocteau is best known for his novels le grand ecart 1923, le livre blanc 1928, and les enfants terribles 1929. Antigone by jean anouilh, adapted by lewis galantiere. Chorus nurse antigone ismene messenger haemon the guard creon the royal palace in thebes. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 72 pages and is available in paperback format. Antigone adapted by lewis galantiere from the play by jean anouilh reimagined for 5 actors by christopher scott dramatis personae. Cocteau recompose sophocles qon 11 october 1925, igor stravinsky wrote to jean cocteau from nice to request a libretto for an opera to be based upon sophocless play oidipous turannos. Enraged by antigone s refusal to submit to his authority, creon declares that she and her sister will be put to death. Stravinsky had been impressed with cocteau s shortened version of antigone 1922, and he felt that cocteau might supply a similar text for the proposed opera.
Bianca stones fascinating and somewhat surreal illustrations provide a wonderful complement to carsons postmodern, comicbooklike take on sophocles antigone. Jean cocteau 18891963 is a fascinating french, 20th century avantgarde figure. A surprising, disturbing and compelling experience. Analysis of jean cocteaus plays literary theory and. The personal and professional life of french poet, novelist, artist, playwright, and filmmaker jean cocteau is reflected in the carlton lake collection of cocteau s manuscripts, correspondence, personal papers, notebooks, drawings, financial and legal documents, and thirdparty papers. En 1961, jean anouilh en donna une lecture a voix haute enregistree par alexandre caparis.
The play is the myth as written by sophocles in 441 bce, albeit a concise or abridged version. Haemon, creons son who was to marry antigone, advises his father to reconsider his decision. Antigone has been one of the most widely read, translated, performed, discussed, adapted, and admired of all classical greek texts. Antigone by jean anouilh acs athens ib theater arts 1 april 29, 2015 duration. Considered an artistic polymath, he produced outstanding works as poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, painter, filmmaker, ballet scenarist, ceramist and illustrator. Antigone premiered in paris in 1944, but anouilh had written his tale of lone rebellion against the state two years earlier, inspired by an act of resistance during pariss occupation by the. Antigone, an adaptation of sophocless classic produced in the context of the antifascist french resistance, is anouilhs most oftenproduced work today. Sophokles, play has captured the imagination of writers as diverse as friedrich holderlin, jean cocteau, jean anouilh, berthold brecht, rolf hochhuth, heinrich boll, and athol fugard, and of composers such as felix. Storr translation 1912 for the loeb classical library. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Pdf antigone book by jean anouilh free download 72 pages. He writes les parents terribles the storm within in eight days.
Introduction sophocles sophocles was born at colonus, a small village just to the northwest of athens, in 4965 bc. Cocteau himself called it a contraction of the sophocles text. Njegova obitelj bila je ugledna u pariskim krugovima. Oedipus daughter defies her uncle in insisting on a proper burial for her brothers, whom he killed in order to take the throne, in sophocles tragedy. Jean anouilh antigone 2 personnages antigone, fille d. Jean anouilh was a french playwright living in germanoccupied france during world war ii. Comparing sophocles antigone and jean anouilhs antigone. With irene papas, manos katrakis, maro kodou, nikos kazis. For sale on jean cocteau antigone original lithograph, lithograph by jean cocteau. Antigone makes an impassioned argument, declaring creons order to be against the laws of the gods themselves. Jean cocteau project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Home drama criticism analysis of jean cocteau s plays. Comparing sophocles antigone and jean anouilhs antigone essay 2293 words 10 pages both sophocles and jean anouilh use the simple storyline of a girl defying her uncle and king in the face of death to reflect upon the events and attitudes of their days. Antigone, sophocles, cocteau, anouilh, syrma antigones, text, rewriting, interpretation, history of theatre.
Louis perroy, and jean cocteau between 1920 and 1922. At the dionysia, the great drama competition of ancient greece, euripidess contemporary won the highest honours many times. Early in his career, during and after world war i, jean cocteau 5 july 1889 11 october 1963 wrote scenarios for ballets and adaptations of greek myths. The main characters of this plays, classics story are. Jean cocteau, one of the most versatile creative artists of the twentieth century, achieved celebrity as poet, playwright, journalist, novelist, artist, and filmmaker.
Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of antigone and what it means. Analysis of jean cocteau s plays by nasrullah mambrol on may 16, 2019 0. In 1927, arthur honeggers opera score of the antigone premiered in brussels and it was revived in nazioccupied paris in 1943. Gratuit antigoni 1961 imdb directed by yorgos tzavellas. Jean cocteau est ne le 5 juillet 1899 a maisonslaffitte. Free download or read online antigone pdf epub book. The antigone of cocteau is modern, yet more traditional than the 1944 adaptation by jean anouilh. Cocteau spends february in montargis with jean marais. The infernal machine is a retelling of the oedipus tale by jean cocteau, designed as a play.