Siegfried (play)
| Siegfried | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jean Giraudoux |
| Characters | Siegfried, Eva, Jacques, Zelten, Genevieve |
| Date premiered | 3 May 1928 |
| Place premiered | Comedie des Champs-Elysees in Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | An injured French soldier with amnesia becomes a German |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | the Siegfried residence, a frontier railroad station |
Siegfried is a play written in 1928 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, adapted from his own 1922 novel Siegfried et le Limousin. The novel had launched Giraudoux's literary career, and now the play based upon it established his reputation as a playwright. "It [Siegfried] marked the beginning of a productive, lifelong collaboration with actor-director Louis Jouvet, whom Giraudoux credits with transforming his literary plays into theater pieces."[1][2]
Original productions
Siegfried was translated into English in 1930 by Philip Carr[3] and again in 1964 by Phyllis La Farge and Peter H. Judd.[4][5]
Siegfried was first performed on 3 May 1928[6] in Paris at the Comedie des Champs-Elysees in a production by Louis Jouvet.[7]
References
- ^ The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volume 1 Page 534
- ^ A noted Frenchman turns to playwriting, New York Times, May 20, 1928, pg. 101
- ^ Cohen, Robert (1968), Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny, p. 157, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- ^ Giraudoux, Jean (1964), Three Plays, vol 2, Translated by Phyllis La Farge and Peter H. Judd, Hill and Wang, New York
- ^ Cohen, Robert (1968), Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny, p. 157, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0226112489
- ^ Grossvogel, David I. (1958), 20th Century French Drama, p. 341, Columbia University Press, New York.
- ^ Inskip, Donald, (1958), Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist, p. 182, Oxford University Press, New York.
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