The French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) was an accomplished craftsman. His plays, from the frivolous and fanciful to the serious, exploit the artificiality of the theater to elucidate his views...
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Critical Essay by John H. Stroupe
There is now general critical agreement about Anouilh's Becket. Formerly docile to the random quality of life, willing to play whatever role is offered him, wi...
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In the excerpt below, Thody offers a thematic overview of Becket.
Perhaps even more than in L'Alouette, Anouilh's aim in Becket is to entertain rather than disturb. Indeed, the ease with...
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In the folowing essay, Stroupe argues that a recurring pattern of references to fathers, sons, and brothers in Becket constitutes "one of the central methods by which Anouilh links the many asp...
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In the following essay, Gatlin traces the evolving meaning of the concept of honor in Becket.
What is honor? A word. What is in that word honor? What is that honor? Air. A trim reckoning! … Ho...
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In the following review, Clurman derides the acting in the 1961 New York production of Becket and asserts that the play is “intellectually (as well as historically) skimpy; of true religious se...
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In the following essay, Gatlin investigates the role of honor in Becket.
What is honor? A word. What is in that word honor? What is that honor? Air. A trim reckoning! … Honor is a mere scutcheo...
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In the movie Becket, Henry II was portrayed as a very demanding and devious king. Throughout the movie you learn of how Henry's personality traits are exactly the opposite of w...
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What seems to be the most prevalent theme in "Becket" is honor. While reading the play, one is forced to ask the question, "What is honor"" Acording to Thomas Becket, "Honor is a private matter withi...
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Thomas Becket liked to conduct himself one way: to follow his conscience, even if that meant standing up to his king.His courage would cost him his life. The way he lived that life would be deemed ...
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Selected home-video releases:"Pan's Labyrinth"Writer-director Guillermo del Toro crafts his masterpiece, a visual marvel whose creepy, startling images are matched by a dark, wondrous story filled ...
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In a ruling favorable to an inmate who sued after a Virginia prison denied his request for kosher meals, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law that protects the religious rights of...
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Question 1 of 10:
Burton
's first Oscar nomination came with his first
US
movie, a 1952 adaptation of which
Daphne
Du Maurier
novel?
Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
My Cousin Rachel
Frenchman's Creek...
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To many architects and preservationists, Third Church of Christ is a structural gem. The imposing expanse of concrete facade and sharp lines represents a snapshot of the stark modernist style from ...
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It started with a snowless November, got worse with a lackluster Christmas week and couldn't recover despite a snowy February and March. And while some people were still on the slopes in April, the...
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Gaza/London(dpa) - Breaking a European Union embargo, a British
diplomat met Thursday with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya
in Gaza to discuss efforts to free Britis...
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2007. There are two days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 29, 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an esti...
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Jean Anouilh
Critical Essay by John H. Stroupe
Henry II
Heroic Thomas Becket Put Preaching Into Practice
