Written by Jean Giraudoux Original language French Playwright Jean Giraudoux | Date premiered 4 November 1931 First performance 4 November 1931 Genre Tragedy | |
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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.
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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 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
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