Judith (play)
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Judith is a play written in 1931 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux
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, in The Drama of Jean Giraudoux, vol. 1 (1963).
Judith was first performed on 4 November 1931 in Paris at the Théâtre Pigalle
in a production by Louis Jouvet
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Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
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Original productions
Judith was translated into English by John K. Savacool, in The Modern Theatre, ed. Eric Bentley, vol. 3 (1955), and by Christopher FryChristopher Fry
Christopher Fry was an English playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, notably The Lady's Not for Burning, which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.-Early life:...
, in The Drama of Jean Giraudoux, vol. 1 (1963).
Judith was first performed on 4 November 1931 in Paris at the Théâtre Pigalle
Théâtre Pigalle
The Théâtre Pigalle was a theatre in Paris, located in the rue Pigalle in the ninth arrondissement.- History :Opened on June 20, 1929, financed by Philippe de Rothschild on the estate of his father Henri de Rothschild, the Rothschilds' ambition was to construct the most modern theatre in the world...
in a production by Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
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