Giraudoux

American

[zheer-uh-doo, zheer-uh-doo, zhee-roh-doo] / ˌʒɪər əˈdu, ˈʒɪər əˌdu, ʒi roʊˈdu /

noun

Jean 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.

Giraudoux British

/ ʒirodu /

noun

( Hyppolyte ) Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1882–1944, French dramatist. His works include the novel Suzanne et le Pacifique (1921) and the plays Amphitryon 38 (1929) and La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1935)

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Under his low-keyed, meticulous direction, all the murdered men give subtle performances that would do credit to Giraudoux.

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Couching his pacifist message in Gallic irony, Giraudoux bandies about the question of whether the Trojans should pledge their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to hold onto Helen, the world's most beautiful woman.

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Through the inspector, Giraudoux pokes merciless fun at literal-mindedness, practical wisdom, bureaucratic palaver.

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What Jean Giraudoux probes is the psychology of why she did what she did.

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Giraudoux cleverly lets his characters remark how tragedy is jostling farce, or drama is encroaching on comedy.

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