Sodom and Gomorrah (play)
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Sodom and Gomorrah is a play written in 1943 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux
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Sodom and Gomorrah is a biblical tragedy on relations between men and women and the impossible satisfaction between both sexes so different expectations. Lasting Love therefore appears impossible and divine vengeance condemns the human species that failed to be saved by proving the existence of at least one happy couple in the biblical city.
Sodom and Gomorrah was first performed on 11 October 1943 in Paris at the Théâtre Hébertot
in a production by Georges Douking
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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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Sodom and Gomorrah is a biblical tragedy on relations between men and women and the impossible satisfaction between both sexes so different expectations. Lasting Love therefore appears impossible and divine vengeance condemns the human species that failed to be saved by proving the existence of at least one happy couple in the biblical city.
Original productions
Sodome et Gomorrhe was translated into English by Herma Briffault, in Barry Ulanov, Makers of Modern Theatre (1961).Sodom and Gomorrah was first performed on 11 October 1943 in Paris at the Théâtre Hébertot
Théâtre Hébertot
Théâtre Hébertot is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The theatre, completed in 1838 and opening as the Théâtre des Batignolles, was later renamed Théâtre des Arts in 1907...
in a production by Georges Douking
Georges Douking
Georges Douking was a French stage, film, and television actor. He also directed stage plays such as the premier presentation of Jean Giraudoux's Sodom and Gomorrah at the Théâtre Hébertot in 1943. He is perhaps best known for his role in the surreal 1972 comedy The Discreet Charm of the...
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