Jean Giraudoux
French playwright who brought elegant fantasy, classical allusion, and political allegory to the interwar stage. The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (Tiger at the Gates) eerily anticipated World War II. His work occupies a unique position between neoclassicism and modernism.
Works
- The Trojan War Will Not Take PlaceComedic reinterpretation of the Trojan War myth
- Amphitryon 38Comic play based on the Jupiter-Amphitryon myth with elegant sophistication
- OndineRomantic fantasy about a water sprite and mortal love's tragedy
- The Madwoman of ChaillotFarcical play critiquing society through eccentric Parisian characters
- ElectraClassical reimagining of Sophocles' Electra with modern sensibility