The Cavern

The Cavern

The Cavern

The Cavern

Overview

The Cavern is one of Anouilh's most audacious experiments. The playwright puts himself on the stage as the guileful conjuror who fumblingly tells the audience that he thinks his tricks will not come off. He talks so persuasively... that one begins to believe that his old skill has apparently deserted him.

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Lucienne Hill

Lucienne Hill (1923 - 2012) became well-known for her for her translations of French dramatist Jean Anouilh. After a brief career as an actress of stage and screen, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her translation of The Waltz of the Toreadors, and won one in 1961 for t ...
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Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh was born in Bordeaux on June 23, 1910. After completing his early schooling, Anouilh studied law for a short time at the Sorbonne, and then worked as a copywriter at Publicité Damour. He also wrote comic scenes for the cinema. In 1929 he collaborated with Jean ...
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