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''[[La Guerre de Troie N'aura Pas Lieu]]'' ("The Trojan War will not take place") is a play in two acts by French novelist and playwright Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraudoux].

==The original text==

Written in 1935, the play has two acts and follows the convention of the classical unities.
Within the framework of the Iliadic myth of the Trojan War, Giraudoux criticizes diplomacy and the behaviour of the national leaders and intellectuals who brought about World War I and the lead-up to World War II.

It was first performed

==Translations and adaptations==

In 1955 it was translated into English by Christopher Fry with the title '''''[[Tiger at the Gates]]''''', and was first performed in London at the Apollo Theatre by Stephen Mitchell and Robert L. Joseph and directed by Harold Clurman. The text was published by Methuen in 1955 and by Samuel French in 1956.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1955: Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Little Theatre]] for the Little Theatre Players, December 1955. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]], costumes by [[Mavis Taylor]]. In the cast: [[Neville Dubow]], [[Dorothy Fairlie]], [[Dorothy Felbert]], [[Louis Franks]], [[Hansell Hewitt]], [[Icky Kurgan]], [[Gretel Mills]], [[H.L. Stern]], [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], [[Harry Victor]].

Presented by the [[University Players]]. Date and venue unknown.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==

Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_War_Will_Not_Take_Place]

Published text of ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'' by Christopher Fry (2nd edition: Methuen, 1971)

[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 119

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 Within the framework of the Iliadic myth of the Trojan War, Giraudoux criticizes diplomacy and the behaviour of the national leaders and intellectuals who brought about World War I and the lead-up to World War II.
-It was first performed
+It was first performed 	on 21 November 1935 in the Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris, France
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Little Theatre]] for the Little Theatre Players, December 1955. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]], costumes by [[Mavis Taylor]]. In the cast: [[Neville Dubow]], [[Dorothy Fairlie]], [[Dorothy Felbert]], [[Louis Franks]], [[Hansell Hewitt]], [[Icky Kurgan]], [[Gretel Mills]], [[H.L. Stern]], [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], [[Harry Victor]].
+: Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Little Theatre]] for the Little Theatre Players, December. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]], costumes by [[Mavis Taylor]]. In the cast: [[Neville Dubow]], [[Dorothy Fairlie]], [[Dorothy Felbert]], [[Louis Franks]], [[Hansell Hewitt]], [[Icky Kurgan]], [[Gretel Mills]], [[H.L. Stern]], [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], [[Harry Victor]].
 Presented by the [[University Players]]. Date and venue unknown.

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 == Sources ==
-Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_War_Will_Not_Take_Place]
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_War_Will_Not_Take_Place
 Published text of ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]'' by Christopher Fry (2nd edition: Methuen, 1971)

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 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 119
 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 T|T]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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