Tiger at the gates
Subtitle: a play in two acts
By: by Jean Giraudoux ; translated by Christopher Fry
Publisher: Samuel French
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Copyright date: 1956
Description: "On the platform stage, bare but for a pair of immense gates, stalks the inevitable tiger of war. Hector returns from battle as a peacemaker and convinces Ulysses and the populace of the insanity of war. Together they agree that the Trojan War shall not take place. But the poets need a war for their elegies and dirges; the king, because it is custom; the lawyer, because of his honor; and others, for various mean reasons. And so, in spite of all logic, the war erupts."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Adapted by Christopher Fry from the play "Le Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu" by Jean Giraudoux.