Duel of Angels
| Duel of Angels | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Marigny Theatre in Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | A faithful wife is betrayed and driven to suicide. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Aix-en-Provence, France Summer, 1868 |
Duel of Angels (1963) is an English-language adaptation by
Shakespeare in The Rape of Lucrece.[1] Giraudoux gives the Roman legend a new locale, setting his drama in nineteenth-century Aix-en-Provence
in southern France.
Original productions
Pour Lucrèce was translated into English as Duel of Angels by Christopher Fry, in The Drama of Jean Giraudoux, vol. 1 (1963).[2]
Pour Lucrèce was not performed until nine years after the author's death on 4 November 1953Marigny Theatre in a production by Jean-Louis Barrault.[4]
Duel of Angels opened on 24 April 1958 at the
References
- ^ McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama, by Stanley Hochman, volume 1, p. 324
- ^ Cohen, Robert (1968), Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny, p. 159, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- ^ Grossvogel, David I. (1958), 20th Century French Drama, p. 342, Columbia University Press, New York.
- ^ Inskip, Donald, (1958), Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist, p. 182, Oxford University Press, New York.
- ^ "Vivien Leigh: The Later Years – Theatre, 1950s & 1960s". Dycks.com/vivienleigh. The Vivien Leigh Pages. 2003. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- Vivien Leigh chronology of stage and film performances
- ^ The Broadway League (2012). "Duel of Angels". Ibdb.com. Internet Broadway Database (IBDB). Retrieved 2 May 2012.