Judith (play)

Judith
Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio
Written by	Jean Giraudoux
Characters	Joseph, John, Prophet, Joachim, Paul, Judith, Susannah, Egon, Sara, Holofernes, Guard
Date premiered	4 November 1931
Place premiered	Théâtre Pigalle in Paris
Original language	French
Subject	Judith must seduce and kill invading general to save her city.
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Ancient Judea

Judith is a play written in 1931 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.

Original productions

Judith was translated into English by John K. Savacool, in The Modern Theatre, ed. Eric Bentley, vol. 3 (1955), and by Christopher Fry, in The Drama of Jean Giraudoux, vol. 1 (1963).^[1]

Judith was first performed on 4 November 1931^[2] in Paris at the Théâtre Pigalle in a production by Louis Jouvet.^[3]

References

1. Cohen, Robert (1968), Jean Giraudoux; Three Faces of Destiny, p. 158, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
2. Grossvogel, David I. (1958), 20th Century French Drama, p. 341, Columbia University Press, New York.
3. Inskip, Donald, (1958), Jean Giraudoux, The Making of a Dramatist, p. 182, Oxford University Press, New York.

External links

• Judith at the Internet off-Broadway Database