Jean Anouilh
French playwright (1910-1987) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades.
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Jacques Dufilho Jean wrote Caroline Chérie and Caroline Cherie
Blanchette Brunoy Also in Confessions of a Newlywed (1937)
Gabrielle Fontan Jean directed Traveling Light (1944)
Sylvie Jean directed Traveling Light (1944)
Michel Bouquet Jean directed Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Pierre Fresnay Jean directed Traveling Light (1944)
Pierre Renoir Jean directed Traveling Light (1944)
Jean Debucourt Jean wrote Caroline Chérie and White Paws
Robert Dhéry Also in The Bride of Darkness (1945)
Renée Saint-Cyr Produced The Knight of the Night (1953)
Jane Marken Jean directed Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Jean-Claude Pascal Jean wrote Caroline Cherie (1952)
Martine Carol Jean wrote Caroline Chérie and Caroline Cherie
Yves Robert Jean directed Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Dany Robin Jean directed Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Roger Blin Jean wrote The Citadel of Silence (1937)
Jany Holt Also in The Bride of Darkness (1945)- Grégoire Aslan Jean wrote Marco the Magnificent (1965)
Jacques Hilling Jean directed Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Robert Darène Directed The Knight of the Night (1953)- Jean Brochard Jean directed Traveling Light (1944)
Paul Bernard Jean wrote Caroline Chérie and White Paws
Saturnin Fabre Also in Confessions of a Newlywed (1937)
Gabriel Gobin Jean wrote Crimson Curtain (1952)
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Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 production of Sophocles' Antigone, which, though performed without objection by censors, was nevertheless seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.
