The Trojan war will not take place (original title: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu) is a play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1935. Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (October 29, 1882 - January 31, 1944) was a French dramatist who wrote internationally acclaimed plays. ...

Within the framework of the myth of the Trojan War, Giraudoux satirizes the political behaviour of the First World War and the lead-up to World War II. The fall of Troy by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769) From the collections of the granddukes of Baden, Karlsruhe The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), by the armies of the Achaeans, after Paris of Troy... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Kingdom of Italy Russian Empire Kingdom of Serbia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nikolay II Nikolay Yudenich Radomir Putnik Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ...

La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (earlier titles included Préface des Préfaces and Préface à l'Iliade), takes place the day before the beginning of the Trojan War inside the gates of Troy. It follows the doomed struggle of Hector (supported by the women of Troy) to avoid war with the Greeks. Hector's wife Andromache is pregnant and so he becomes more aware of the future and of the destruction that a war would bring about. It is he who leads the argument against war and tries to persuade his brother Paris to return Helen back to Greece. Giraudoux presents Helen not only as a beautiful woman, but as the epitome of destiny itself. She claims that she can see the future by seeing what is coloured in her mind, and she sees war. For Hector, Helen can only mean war and destruction. But for the other men, she epitomises beauty and glory: they are willing to fight a war in her name. Walls of the excavated city of Troy Troy (Ancient Greek Τροία Troia, also Ίλιον Ilion; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, center of the Trojan War, described in the Trojan War cycle, especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. ... Hector brought back to Troy. ...

Productions

The first production of La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu was directed by Louis Jouvet, with whom Jean Giraudoux often worked, in 1935 at the Théâtre de l'Athénée. Jouvet also starred as Hector, and the role of Helen was originated by Madeleine Ozeray. Louis Jouvet (December 24, 1887 - August 16, 1951) was a renowned French actor and producer. ...

Translations

La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu was translated into English by Christopher Fry in 1955 under the title Tiger at the Gates, a reference to a metaphor in the first scene that compares destiny to a tiger silently approaching. However, the translation is quite polite and a little archaic. Christopher Fry (born December 12, 1907; died June 30, 2005) was an English playwright. ...

This translation was first presented in New York City by The Playwrights' Company in 1955, starring Michael Redgrave as Hector. Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, KBE (March 20, 1908 — March 21, 1985) was an English actor and the son of the Australian silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress Margaret Scudamore. ...