The play received high praise from the Times, which called it the most consummate display of mass staging since Ariane Mnouchkine
's 1789.
qtd. in
Jellicoe, Ann. Community Plays. Methuen, 1987.
13
(AJ
was in fact influenced by Mnouchkine
's work.)
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Textual Features
Hélène Cixous
As she was preparing to stage La Prise de l'école de Madhubai in 1984, she met Ariane Mnouchkine
, the director of the experimental Théâtre du Soleil
, who was known for her innovation in...
Textual Features
Hélène Cixous
Cixous had, by 2001, written five plays for Mnouchkine
's Théâtre du Soleil
, besides translating Greek tragedies for them in the early nineties.
Running-Johnson, Cynthia. “Cixouss Left and Right Hands of Writing in Tambours sur la digue and OsnabrückFrench Forum, Vol.
26
, No. 3, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2001, pp. 111-22.
111
She has said that she values her theatrical writing for...
Textual Production
Timberlake Wertenbaker
TW
has done a number of translations from the work of dramatists in other languages, especially French and ancient Greek. As well as Lorca
's The House of Bernarda Alba, she has translated from...
Travel
Hélène Cixous
HC
has travelled widely, and her journeys have often been connected with projected writings, like her visit with her mother to the latter's home town of Osnabrück in Germany, and that with Ariane Mnouchkine