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[Hippolyte-] Jean GIRAUDOUX

(1882 - 1944): French diplomat, essayist, novelist and dramatist born Bellac, Limousin October 29 1882: died Paris January 31, 1944.

PLAYS

Unless otherwise indicated, the plays were first performed in Paris.

1. Siegfried. Play, 4 acts. Written 1928. Published 1928. Produced Comédie des Champs-Elysées, May 3, 1938. Adapted from Giraudoux's novel Siegfried et le Limousin (1922).
2. Amphitryon 38. Play 3 acts. Written 1929. Published 1929. Produced Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Nov. 8, 1929.
3. Judith. Tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1931. Published 1931. Produced Théâtre Pigalle, Nov. 4, 1931.
4. Intermezzo (The Enchanted). Play, 3 acts. Written 1933. Published 1933. Produced Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Feb. 27, 1933.
5. Tessa. Play, 3 acts. (Adaptation). Written 1934. Published 1934. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, Nov. 14, 1934. Based on Margaret Kennedy's novel The Constant Nymph.
6. La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (Tiger at the Gates). Play, 2 acts. Written 1935. Published 1935. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, Nov. 21, 1935.
7. Supplément au voyage de Cook (The Virtuous Island). Play, 1 act. Written 1935. Published 1937. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, Nov. 21, 1935. Based on Diderot's dialogue Supplément au voyage de Bougainville (1773).
8. Électre (Electra). Play, 2 acts. Written 1937. Published 1937. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, May 13, 1937.
9. L'impromptu de Paris (The Paris Impromptu). Play, 1 act. Written 1937. Published 1937. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, Dec. 3, 1937.
10. Cantique des cantiques (Song of Songs). Play, 1 act. Written 1938. Published 1938. Produced Comédie-Française, Oct. 12, 1938.
11. Ondine. Play, 3 acts. Written 1939. Published 1939. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, May 3, 1939.
12. L'Apollon de Bellac (The Apollo of Bellac). Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Published 1946. Produced Rio de Janeiro, Municipal Theatre, June 16, 1942. Original title: L'Apollon de Marsac.
13. Sodome et Gomorrhe (Sodom and Gomorrah). Play, 2 acts. Written 1943. Published 1943. Produced Théâtre Hébertot, Oct. 11, 1943.
14. La folle de Chaillot (The Madwoman of Chaillot). Play, 2 acts. Written 1943. Published 1945. Produced Théâtre de l'Athénée, Dec. 22, 1945.
15. Pour Lucrèce (Duel of Angels). Play, 3 acts. Written 1944. Published 1953. Produced Théâtre Marigny, Nov. 4, 1953.

CRITICISM

French

• P. Humbourg, Jean Giraudoux, Marseilles, 1926;
• M. Bourdet, Jean Giraudoux: Son oeuvre, Paris, 1928;
• G. Höst, L'oeuvre de Jean Giraudoux, Oslo, 1942;
• E. Bourdet, Le théâtre de Jean Giraudoux, Paris, 1944;
• C.-E. Magny, Précieux Giraudoux, Paris, 1944;
• J. Houlet, Le théâtre de Jean Giraudoux, Paris, 1945;
• J.-M. Aucuy, La jeunesse de Giraudoux, Paris, 1948;
• A. Beucler, Les instants de Giraudoux, Geneva, 1948;
• H. Sörenson, Le théâtre de Jean Giraudoux, Copenhagen, 1950;
• C. Marker, Giraudoux par lui-même, Paris, 1952;
• J. Toussaint, Jean Giraudoux, Paris, 1953;
• M. Mercier-Campiche, Le théâtre de Giraudoux et la condition humaine, Paris, 1954;
• V.-H. Debidour, Jean Giraudoux, Paris, 1955; M.-L. Bidal, Giraudoux tel qu'en lui-même, Paris, 1956;
• R.-M. Albérès, Esthétique et morale chez Giraudoux, Paris, 1957;
• L. Le Sage, L'oeuvre de Jean Giraudoux: Essai de bibliographie chronologique, Paris, 1957;
• M.-J. Durry, L'univers de Giraudoux, Paris, 1961;
• G. Mauron, Le théâtre de Giraudoux, étude psychocritique, Paris, 1971;
• Ch.-P. Marie, La réalité humaine chez Jean Giraudoux, Paris, 1975;
• J. Robichez, Le théâtre de Giraudoux, Paris, 1975;
• M. Besson-Herlin, Louis Jouvet et le théâtre de Jean Giraudoux, Bellac, 1976.

English

• L. Le Sage, Jean Giraudoux, Surrealism, and the German Romantic Ideal, Urbana, Ill., 1952;
• D. Inskip, Jean Giraudoux: The Making of a Dramatist, New York and London, 1958;
• L. Le Sage, Jean Giraudoux: His Life and Works, Pittsburgh, 1960;
• A. G. Raymond, Jean Giraudoux: The Theatre of Victory and Defeat, Amherst, Mass., 1966;
• R. Cohen, Giraudoux: Three Faces of Destiny, Chicago, 1958;
• P. A. Mankin, Precious Irony: The Theatre of Jean Giraudoux, The Hague-Paris, 1971;
• H. Clurman, The Divine Pastime: Theatre Essays [Beckett, Giraudoux], New York, 1974.