| 词条 | Sodom and Gomorrah (play) |
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| name = Sodom and Gomorrah | image = Figures The Sodomites are smitten with blindness.jpg | image_size = 280px | caption = The Sodomites struck with blindness (Genesis 19:11) illustrations of 1728 by Gerard Hoet | writer = Jean Giraudoux | chorus = | characters = Lia, Jean, Ruth, Jacques, Luc, Martha, Pierre, Judith, Salome, Athalie, Samson, Dalila | mute = | setting = Biblical city of Sodom | premiere = 11 October 1943 | place = Théâtre Hébertot in Paris | orig_lang = French | series = | subject = Divine retribution for human failure | genre = Tragedy | web = }} Sodom and Gomorrah (French title: Sodome et Gomorrhe) is a play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944). Composed as a tragedy set in the biblical city of Sodom, the play was first published in 1943. HistoryAlthough Giraudoux was a prolific writer before World War II, Sodome et Gomorrhe was his only new work produced during the German occupation.[1] The play was first translated into English by Herma Briffault in Barry Ulanov's Makers of the Modern Theatre (1961).[2][3] SynopsisOne of Giradoux's darkest works, the themes and lessons of Sodom and Gomorrah are "deeply pessimistic".[4] The play explores the fundamental differences between man and woman, their different expectations and the unlikelihood of their satisfaction. The plot begins with an angel proclaiming that the people of the two cities will be destroyed unless they can show among themselves an example of true love. The characters of Lia and Jean are introduced as the best evidence, but over the course of the play their fidelity erodes, ending with Lia's seemingly wanton betrayal of Jean. Lasting love of any kind appears impossible. Inevitably, divine judgment condemns the two cities, and mankind itself, for failing to prove the existence of even one happy couple.[1] Original productionSodom and Gomorrah was first performed on 11 October 1943[5] in Paris at the Théâtre Hébertot in a production by Georges Douking.[6] With a cast that included the popular French stars Edwige Feuillère as Lia and Gérard Philipe as Jean, this original production was a commercial success and ran for over two hundred performances.[1]References1. ^1 2 {{Cite book |title=Modern French Drama, 1940–1990 |last=Bradby |first=David |authorlink=David Bradby |year=1984 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-40271-9 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtdkjC8Fs7UC&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=25 May 2012 }} {{Authority control}}2. ^{{Cite book |title=Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny |last=Cohen |first=Robert |year=1968 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=0-226-11248-9 |page=159 }} 3. ^{{Cite book |title=Makers of the Modern Theatre |last=Ulyanov |first=Barry |year=1961 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |oclc=272719 |pages=v; 429ff. }} 4. ^{{Cite book |title=Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature |editors=Bédé, Jean Albert; Edgerton, William B. |year=1980 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-231-03717-1 |page=311 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_JLL32RzrkC&pg=PA311#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=25 March 2012 }} 5. ^{{Cite book |title=20th Century French Drama |last=Grossvogel |first=David I. |year=1961 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |oclc=756447778 |page=342 |url= |accessdate= |quote= }} 6. ^{{Cite book |title=Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist |last=Inskip |first=Donald |year=1958 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |oclc=518905 |page=182 }} 4 : French plays|Plays by Jean Giraudoux|1943 plays|Sodom and Gomorrah |
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