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Jean Giraudoux'
AUDIENCE GUIDE A NOISE WITHIN PRESENTS Jean Giraudoux’ Translation by Maurice Valency Photo of Deborah Strang by Tim Neighbors TABLE OF CONTENTS Characters ....................................................3 Synopsis .....................................................4 About the Playwright: Jean Giraudoux .............................5 Timeline of Giraudoux’s Life and Works ............................6 Historical Context: Paris, 1940-1944 ...............................7 Geographical Context: Where is Chaillot? ...........................9 Giraudoux’s Style .............................................10 The Play as Political Satire ......................................11 The Importance of Trial Scenes ..................................12 Why Trial Scenes Work in Theatre ................................13 Themes .....................................................14 Glossaries: Life in France .............................................15 Business Jargon ...........................................16 Does Life Imitate Art? UCI Production of The Madwoman of Chaillot circa 1969 .............17 Drawing Connections: Madwoman Themes in US Politics .............18 Additional Resources ..........................................20 Let us presume that under a Parisian district there is a rich oil well. Accordingly, conspirators from large corporations, treasure hunters and all kinds of profiteers plan a secret action. One woman, the loved Aurelie and better known as the Madwoman of Chaillot decides to take a stand against demolition, plunder -
Une Pensée Pour Giraudoux
Une pensée pour Giraudoux COMMUNICATION DE GEORGES SION À LA SÉANCE MENSUELLE DU 19 NOVEMBRE 1994 es anniversaires diffèrent souvent dans leurs motivations. Ainsi du demi- L siècle qui nous occupe cette année pour la littérature française. Nous savons que nous avons perdu le 5 mars Max Jacob, mort à Drancy après une rafle de l’occupant : ni ses années à Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, ni ses amis du Tout-Paris n’ont conjuré son sort. Le 31 juillet 1944, c’est Antoine de Saint- Exupéry, dont les avions et les romans avaient fait la gloire et qui disparaît en mission, nous léguant deux oeuvres apparemment contradictoires et secrètement reliées : Le Petit Prince et Citadelle. J’ai même envie d’anticiper un peu en citant aujourd’hui Robert Desnos, qui avait eu toutes les libertés, celle d’adhérer au surréalisme puis celle d’en sortir, mais qui, déporté par les nazis, mourra à Terezin, en Bohème, le 8 juin 1945, quelques heures, hélas, avant la libération du camp. Voici un demi-siècle encore partait un écrivain qu’entourèrent souvent les gloires, les dédains ou les préjugés, un écrivain dont la vie fut pleine de succès un peu suspects ou de réussites contestées, et dont le souvenir même reste parfois ambigu aux yeux de certains. Jean Giraudoux — c’est à lui, bien sûr, que j’ai envie de revenir — est mort à Paris le 31 janvier 1944. Son décès a suscité des nostalgies, voire des soupçons. On a parlé de suicide, on a parlé d’assassinat. Certains affirment même que les Allemands auraient voulu supprimer un homme qui avait pratiqué l’information jusqu’à la guerre, puis l’aurait reprise au bénéfice des Alliés tout en restant en France. -
1. Tristan Tzara, 'The Gas Heart'
Notes Dates of reviews in newspapers are given in brackets as in note 5, chapter 3 (11.11.46). PART 1: DADA, SURREALISM AND THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY 1. Andre Breton, Manifeste du Surrealisme, p. 51. 2. Ibid., p. 11. 3. Louis Aragon, 'Une vague de reves', Commerce, automne, 1924. 4. From Nadeau, Surrealisme, p. 45. 1. Tristan Tzara, 'The Gas Heart' 1. J. H. Matthews, Theatre in Dada and Surrealism, p. 18. 2. Michel Corvin, Revue d'Histoire du Theatre, 1971-73. Le Theatre existe-t-il?', p. 21. 3. Elmer Peterson, Tristan Tzara, p. 43. 4. Ibid., p. 35. 5. Micheline Tison-Braun, Tristran Tzara inventeur de l'homme nouveau, p. 7. 6. Corvin, p. 228. 171 French Theatre 1918-1939 7. Matthews, pp. 19-22. 8. Ibid., pp. 22-30. 9. Corvin, p. 255. 10. Ibid., p. 260. 11. Matthews, pp. 3(}..38. Quotes Henri Behar, Etude sur le Theatre Dada et Surrealiste, p. 159. 12. Ibid., p. 32. 13. Matthews, pp. 3(}..35. 14. Ibid., p. 20. 2. Andre Breton 1. Andre Breton,Manifeste du Surrealisme, p. 37. 2. Ibid., p. 34. 3. Andre Breton, Les Pas perdus, p. 9. 4. J. H. Matthews, Theatre in Dada and Surrealism, p. 88. 5. Ibid., p. 90. 6. Ibid., pp. 97-100. 3. Roger Vitrac, 'Victor' 1. Henri Behar, Roger Vitrac, p. 18; 42-47. 2. Antonin Artaud, Oeuvres completes, II, p. 14. 3. Ibid., II, p. 12. 4. Ibid., II, p. 267. 5. See J. H. Matthews, Theatre in Dada and Surrealism, pp. 109-32. From Le Figaro litteraire (11.11.46). -
Mon Ami Jean Giraudoux Souvenirs
MICHEL AI.BEAUX-FER.NET MON AMI JEAN GIRAUDOUX SOUVENIRS III 'armistice est signé. A Paris, le ciel chargé de nuages lourds pèse sur les rues silencieuses. Que pense Jean Giraudoux de notre écrasement, de l'humi• liation du régime de Vichy ? Aucun de nos amis communs ne peut le dire. Nous apprenons simplement qu'on l'a vu à Vichy plusieurs fois se rendant à l'hôtel du Parc où s'est replié le per• sonnel du Quai d'Orsay ; lui-même a logé un temps à l'hôtel Trianon. Il a joué au bridge, sans entrain ; il paraît détaché du monde, il répète à plusieurs amis : « Les Français ont été battus, non la France. » A l'automne nous apprenons qu'il a refusé le poste de mi• nistre de France à Athènes. Dans la détresse où nous laissait le brutal et inattendu effon• drement de la IIP République, je me demandais avec inquiétude quelle serait la position des autorités d'occupation vis-à-vis de Giraudoux. Elles ne pouvaient méconnaître ni la notoriété de l'écrivain ni sa connaissance approfondie de l'Allemagne. Mais ! Son pre• mier grand roman, Siegfried et le Limousin, décrit sans bienveil• lance des personnages allemands aussi bien que des paysages et des villes dans lesquels l'auteur a vécu. Sa première pièce, Sieg• fried, avait suscité certains remous outre-Rhin : « Comment appa- MON AMI JEAN GIRAUDOUX 57 raissons-nous ? claquant des talons..., le héros n'a absolument pas les pieds sur terre..., ténébreuse démonie, persiflage. » Sans doute Sieburg avait-il déclaré : « Siegfried n'est pas un Allemand, il est tout au plus l'incarnation de l'image qu'un Français intelligent et sensible peut se faire de l'Allemagne. -
Jean Giraudoux, His Life and Works
EMMA, PATSY ANN. Jean Giraudoux: His Life and Works. A Critical Bibliography 1945-1954. (1973) Directed by: John Philip Couch. Pp. 70 This annotated, critical bibliography treats the Giraudoux studies which were published from 1945 to 1954, inclusive. It is intended to fill, in part, the void created by the absence of any such published bibliographies for Jean Giraudoux. These years are significant and impor- tant for the wide range and variety of studies done on Giraudoux just after his death in 1944. The sources used in compiling this bibliography are the following: Le Catalogue francais. Vol. XII-XXII; French XX Bibliography; Otto Klapp's Bibliographie der Franzosichen Literaturwissenschaft; "French Language and Literature Including Provenpal" sections of the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures, 1945-54; Charles B. Osburn's Research and Reference Guide to French Studies; Rend Rancoeur's Biblio- graphie de la literature francaise du moyen age a nos jours; and the Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 1945-54. In addition to the bibliographies listed above, extensive use was made of the subject catalogs in the librairies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and the Library of Congress, as well as the very excellent biblio- graphies found in several of the major books on Giraudoux. JEAN GIRAUDOUX: HIS LIFE AND WORKS A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1945-1954 by Patsy Ann Emma A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Greensboro 1973 Approved by o Thesis Adviser''" APPROVAL PAGE This thesis has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. -
Adorable Clio: the Prose Poetry of Jean Giraudoux: Writing Against Realism
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature Volume 41 Issue 2 Writing 1914-1918: National Responses Article 9 to the Great War 6-15-2017 Adorable Clio: The Prose Poetry of Jean Giraudoux: Writing Against Realism Flavie Fouchard Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/sttcl Part of the French and Francophone Literature Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation Fouchard, Flavie (2017) "Adorable Clio: The Prose Poetry of Jean Giraudoux: Writing Against Realism," Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature: Vol. 41: Iss. 2, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.4148/ 2334-4415.1934 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Adorable Clio: The Prose Poetry of Jean Giraudoux: Writing Against Realism Abstract This paper considers the particularities of Jean Giraudoux’s war writings Adorable Clio in the context of French Literature of the Great War. We focus on Giraudoux’s career previous to the conflict and on his prose poetic style in the recollection to study his refusal of realistic novel techniques despite the fact they were mainly used by other contemporary soldiers-writers who wanted to testify. Thanks to previous research on Giraudoux’s war writings and descriptions of his war experience, we proceed to a close reading of the text to highlight that, far from his reputation of superficiality, Giraudoux does not write only for art’s sake but to express ambivalent feelings and impressions on his war experience. -
The Madwoman of Chaillot Press Release
Contact: Tim Choy, David Barber 323-954-7510 [email protected], [email protected] Second production of A Noise Within 2017-2018 Season The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, Translated by Maurice Valency Directed by Stephanie Shroyer September 17 – November 11, 2017 Press Opening September 23 (Pasadena, CA – September 6, 2017) A Noise Within (ANW) presents the second production of its 26th season, 2017-2018, The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux and translated by Maurice Valency. Directed by Stephanie Shroyer, the poetic, surreal, and comic fable features ANW favorite Resident Artist Deborah Strang as Countess Aurelia, the MadWoman herself, performing September 17 through November 11, 2017 (Press Opening September 23). Oil is discovered under Paris, and Countess Aurelia and her kooky coterie are determined to drive aWay the evil corporate profiteers lying in Wait. ANW Producing Artistic Director Geoff Elliott says the play is “A can’t-miss, rallying cry for those Who crave a satisfying David vs. Goliath fable in the form of incisive, wildly comic theatre. Think Molière, Feydeau, Beaumarchais, Wilde.” Shroyer returns to direct at ANW With the signature visually stunning aesthetic she brought previously to an acclaimed comedic take on George Bernard ShaW’s You Never Can Tell in 2016. “Giraudoux loves to create the fantastic and imbue an otherWorldly aspect to something very identifiable to us. He brilliantly challenges us with scenarios that seem fantastical, but make us question our actions if we were put in the same situation. What Would you do if oil were discovered in your backyard? This play is so subtle, and so funny, and stays With you long after it’s over,” says Director Stephanie Shroyer. -
Giraudoux's Uapollon Kenneth Krauss
Spring 1994 59 The Play Intended: Giraudoux's UApollon Kenneth Krauss As spectators and readers of drama, many of us evolve an active historical consciousness. Confronted by the text of what inevitably seems a very static Prometheus Bound, we widen our readings by wondering what the fifth-century Athenian audience would have been thinking and feeling while watching the play. An oblique interchange in Dr. Faustus leads us to consider how an Elizabethan house might have responded to it. When Nora loudly slams the door of her once happy home at the end of A Doll's House, we try hearing it bang shut through the ears of theatre-goers of a century ago. In such a way is our understanding of what we are doing in the present assisted by an awareness of how audiences perceived it in the past; in such a way is our construction of significance guided not merely by our current values and frames of reference but also by notions of what others in different times and places might have made of a play. As my examples suggest, we tend to resort to such hypothesizing when we experience some difficulty in making sense of the dramatic text, at moments when our understanding of what is or what would be happening on stage for some reason becomes problematic. However, if we are able to follow a play without any problems, we may not readily think of activating our historical consciousness. Instead, we may watch or read with the deceptive confidence which emerges from the belief that because what transpires on stage or page seems to make sense to us, we are able to comprehend what it means. -
Livres, 1881, N° 120)
Février 1933 Jean Giraudoux devant la Comédie des Champs-Élysées au sortir d’une répétition d’Intermezzo “L’acteur n’est pas seulement un interprète, il est un inspirateur ; il est le mannequin vivant par lequel bien des auteurs personnifient tout naturellement une vision encore vague ; et le grand acteur : un grand inspirateur. Vous ne serez donc pas surpris si je vous dis que c’est très fréquemment qu’un de ces fantômes, encore suant d’inexistence et de mutisme, prétend prendre immédiatement la forme désinvolte et volubile de Louis Jouvet. Mon intimité avec lui est si grande, notre attelage dramatique si bien noué, que l’apparition larvaire en une minute a pris déjà sa bouche, son œil narquois, et sa prononciation. À tel point que cet ami merveilleux et ce comédien génial se dédouble pour moi, même en sa présence, et devient lui-même en moi un personnage qui m’accable de réflexions et de divagations, pour lequel je n’ai ni trouvé ni cherché d’ailleurs d’autre nom, quand je note ses commentaires, que le nom même de Jouvet.” Jean Giraudoux 44 JEAN GIRAUDOUX 101 AMICA AMERICA. Voyage illustré par les dessins de Maxime Dethomas. Paris, Émile-Paul frères, 1918. In-8, maroquin bleu marine janséniste, frise int., tête dorée, couv. et dos (A. J. Gonon). 100 € Édition originale, tirée à 530 exemplaires. Exemplaire sur papier d’édition, relié par Gonon, le relieur de Louis Jouvet. 102 AMPHITRYON 38. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1929. In-8, maroquin bleu marine janséniste, frise int., tête dorée, couv. et dos (A. -
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (/ˈɔːdri ˈhɛpˌbɜrn/; born Audrey 1 Early life Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood’s Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Insti- tute as the third greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Bel- Hepburn was born on 4 May 1929 at number 48 gium, England, and the Netherlands, including German- Rue Keyenveld in Ixelles, a municipality in Brussels, occupied Arnhem during the Second World War where Belgium.[2] Her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Rus- she worked as a courier for the Dutch resistance and as- ton (1889–1980), was a British subject born in Úžice, sisted with fundraising. In Amsterdam, she studied bal- Bohemia,[3][lower-alpha 1] to Anna Ruston (née Wels), of let with Sonia Gaskell before moving to London in 1948 Austrian descent,[4] and Victor John George Ruston, to continue her ballet training with Marie Rambert and of British and Austrian descent.[5] A one-time hon- perform as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre pro- orary British consul in the Dutch East Indies, Hep- ductions. She spoke several languages, including English, burn’s father had earlier been married to Cornelia Biss- [1] French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and German. chop, a Dutch heiress.[3][6] Although born Ruston, he Following minor appearances in several films, Hepburn later double-barrelled the surname to the more “aristo- starred in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi after being spot- cratic” Hepburn-Ruston, mistakenly[5] believing himself ted by French novelist Colette. -
Les Personnages Feminins Et Le Surnaturel Dans L'oeuvre De Jean Giraudoux
COPYRIGHT AND CITATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS THESIS/ DISSERTATION o Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. o NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. o ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. How to cite this thesis Surname, Initial(s). (2012) Title of the thesis or dissertation. PhD. (Chemistry)/ M.Sc. (Physics)/ M.A. (Philosophy)/M.Com. (Finance) etc. [Unpublished]: University of Johannesburg. Retrieved from: https://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za (Accessed: Date). LES PERSONNAGES FEMININS ET LE SURNATUREL DANS L'OEUVRE DE JEAN GIRAUDOUX deur SHIRLEY LEISSNER VERHANDELING voorgele ter vervulling van die vereistes vir die graad MAGISTER IN DIE LETTERE EN WYSBEGEERTE in FRANS in die '2.-1~9 ~"6 !151'2.. FAKULTEIT LETTERE EN WYSBEGEERTE aan die RANDSE AFRIKAANSE UNIVERSITEIT STUDIELEIER PROFESSOR ~ JAQUES DESEMBER 1986 i REM ERe I E MEN T S Je tiens a exprimer mes remerciements sinceres au Professeur Franc;oi s Jaques de sa patt ence exceptionelle, de son soutien, de son assf duite, de son encouragement et de ses conseils, sans lesquels je n'aurais pas pu mener a bout cette etude. J I en sui s vi vement reconnaissante. BED ANKIN GS Ek will graag my dank uitspreek teenoor die vakbibliotekaresse Mej. Ronel Smit, asook die biblioteekpersoneel van die Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, vir hulle goedgunstige en vrywillige hulp wat hulle te alle tye ver-leen het. -
The Theater of Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Giraudoux by Mary
Guilt and the War Within: The Theater of Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Giraudoux by Mary Ann LaMarca Department of Romance Studies Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Professor Alice Y. Kaplan, Supervisor ___________________________ Professor Mary Ann Frese Witt ___________________________ Professor Paol Keineg ___________________________ Professor David F. Bell Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Romance Studies in the Graduate School of Duke University 2008 ABSTRACT Guilt and the War Within: The Theater of Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Giraudoux by Mary Ann LaMarca Department of Romance Studies Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Professor Alice Y. Kaplan, Supervisor ___________________________ Professor Mary Ann Frese Witt ___________________________ Professor Paol Keineg ___________________________ Professor David F. Bell An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in French Literature in the Department of Romance Languages in the Graduate School of Duke University 2008 Copyright by Mary Ann LaMarca 2008 Abstract The moral and ethical choices made during the Nazi Occupation of France would echo for generations: they served as a source of pain and pride when the French sought to rebuild their national identity after the ignominy of the defeat, and acted as the foundation for the intellectual legacy on which post-war life stands. In my dissertation I examine the diverse trajectory of two writers, Jean- Paul Sartre and Jean Giraudoux, during the Occupation by focusing on their dramatic works. During this period, no writer could legally exercise his vocation and receive compensation without submitting to certain legalities designed to monitor the content of artistic output.