Stages of battle: Theater and war in the plays of Bernhardt, Raynal, and Anouilh

Leon Sachs, Susan McCready

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Abstract

Noting a neglect of theater in literary and cultural histories of the Great War, this article contributes to a much-needed correction of this oversight by analyzing three plays: Sarah Bernhardt's propagandistic Du théâtre au champ d'honneur (1916), Paul Raynal's controversial and antimilitaristic Le tombeau sous l'Arc de triomphe ( 1924) and Jean Anouilh's ironical Le voyageur sans bagage (1937). Despite their contrasting attitudes toward the armed conflict itself, all of these plays call explicit attention to the significant role that theatrical performance plays in wartime and/or the practices of commemoration that follow.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-55
Number of pages15
JournalFrench Review
Volume87
Issue number4
StatePublished - May 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Education
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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