The Infernal Machine
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- For the 1999 video game, see Indiana Jones and the Infernal MachineIndiana Jones and the Infernal MachineIndiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is a multi-platform action-adventure video game by LucasArts released in late 1999. The first 3D installment in the series, its gameplay focuses on solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and various platforming sections...
The Infernal Machine is a play by the French dramatist Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
, based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus
Oedipus
Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family...
. It received its première in 1934 under the direction of Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
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Sources
- Bradby, David. 1998. "Cocteau, Jean." In The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Ed. Martin Banham. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 225. ISBN 0521434378.
Further reading
- "The Infernal Machine", translated into English by Carl Wildman.