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Judith (play)

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Written by
  
Jean Giraudoux

Original language
  
French

Playwright
  
Jean Giraudoux

Date premiered
  
4 November 1931

First performance
  
4 November 1931

Genre
  
Tragedy

Judith (play)

Characters
  
Joseph, John, Prophet, Joachim, Paul, Judith, Susannah, Egon, Sara, Holofernes, Guard

Place premiered
  
Théâtre Pigalle in Paris

Subject
  
Judith must seduce and kill invading general to save her city.

Similar
  
Sodom and Gomorrah, Amphitryon 38, Ondine, Electra, Duel of Angels

Judith is a play written in 1931 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.

Contents

Judith frauen im sumpf


Original productions

Judith was translated into English by John K. Savacool, in The Modern Theatre, ed. Eric Bentley, vol. 3 (1955), and by Christopher Fry, 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.

References

Judith (play) Wikipedia


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