Abstract

Theatre historians often discuss the rise of the director in the twentieth century by citing a number of important collaborations between playwrights and their directors. Stanislavsky and Chekhov, Kazan and Williams, and Jouvet and Giraudoux are examples; in each case, the symbiosis between theatre artists produced a distinct theatrical style. Most of these relationships have been unambiguous and carefully documented. The relationship of Louis Jouvet and Jean Giraudoux, however, is an enigmatic one. Perhaps that is why it is often described only in the most general terms. Donald Inskip's Jean Giraudoux - The Making of a Dramatist, which recounts the production history of Giraudoux's plays, is typical in the unspecified praise that it assigns to the working relationship of Jouvet and Giraudoux.

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