Jacques Monférier Libri

Based on Sophocles'' ancient Greek tragedy, Antigone which was first performed in Athens in the 5th century BC, its theme was nevertheless topical. For in Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial and her reiterated No! to the dictator Creon, the French audience saw its own resistance to the German occupation. The Germans allowed the play to be performed presumably because they found Creon''s arguments for dictatorship so convincing. The play is regularly performed and studied around the world. ''Anouilh is a poet, but not a poet of words- he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing'' Peter Brook'

The Impostures of Scapin is a 3-act comedy in prose. In his fathers' absence, Octave has secretly married Hyacinthe, the woman he loves, but on his return his father has decided to marry him to an unkown. As to Leander it is Zerbinette he loves, but his father has also decided otherwise. So what are these two young men without money going to do against the power and authority of their fathers? Call on Scapin of course, the merry, playfull and talketive valet: only one of his many tricks can turn around the difficult situation! Being the key figure in the commedia dell'arte that he is, it's not surprising that Molière chose Scapin for a leading part in one of his best farces ever. And it's also nott surprising that this play was one of the most played and most acclaimed in the repertoire of Molière: it's universal humor continues to entertain everybody, even those who are not easily amused.