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Paul Claudel (French: [pɔl klodɛl]; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
List of works by Paul Claudel. This page presents the works of the French author Paul Claudel (1868 – 1955), one-time French ambassador to the United States and Brazil. Works. Theatre. 1887 : L'Endormie (first version) 1888 : Fragment d'un drame. 1890 : Tête d'or (first version) 1892 : La Jeune Fille Violaine (first version)
Claudel reached his largest audience through his Symbolist plays—works that powerfully synthesized all theatrical elements to evoke a unified mood, atmosphere, and leitmotif. He reorchestrates his themes, expressed by a few symbolic types, again and again.
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The Satin Slipper (Le Soulier de satin) is a long play by the French dramatist and poet Paul Claudel, written in 1929. It was first performed on stage in 1943 (abridged), in a production by Claudel and Jean-Louis Barrault. Its full running time is roughly eleven hours.
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The Satin Slipper, philosophical play in four “days” or sections by Paul Claudel, published in 1929 in French as Le Soulier de satin; ou, le pire n’est pas toujours sûr. It was designed to be read rather than performed (an abridged version was staged in 1943), and it is often considered Claudel’s.
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Devout diplomat and dramatist: Paul Claudel (1868-1955) Visitors to the recent exhibition Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece at the British Museum will have seen, among the photographs of the sculptor at work in his studio among his disciples, the image of a dark-haired young woman whose gaze was equally intense when fixed on the master or on ...
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May 16, 2016 · tÊte-d'or. a play in three acts by paul claudel. translated from the french by john strong newberry . new haven yale university press london - humphrey milford - oxford university press
