Tiger at the Gates

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Tiger at the Gates is a 1935 play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux that offers a witty, philosophical reimagining of the events leading up to the Trojan War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Jean Giraudoux ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
events leading up to the Trojan War ⓘ
centralCharacter Andromache ⓘ
Hector ⓘ
Helen ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1935 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
philosophical drama ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage productions in English under the title "Tiger at the Gates" ⓘ
hasCharacter Andromache ⓘ
Cassandra ⓘ
Demokos ⓘ
Hector ⓘ
Helen ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Priam ⓘ
Ulysses ⓘ
hasSetting Trojan War (mythological context) ⓘ
linked to: Trojan War

Troy ⓘ
hasSubject Trojan War ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th century ⓘ
movement interwar French theatre ⓘ
narrativeFocus events preceding the Trojan War rather than the war itself ⓘ
notableFor ironic treatment of heroic ideals ⓘ
reimagining classical myth with modern political concerns ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu ⓘ
partOf 20th-century French drama ⓘ
periodOfCreation interwar period ⓘ
publicationYear 1935 ⓘ
style philosophical reflection ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
theme futility of war ⓘ
inevitability of conflict ⓘ
responsibility of intellectuals in politics ⓘ
tension between peace and honor ⓘ
titleInEnglish Tiger at the Gates ⓘ

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Jean Giraudoux → notableWork → Tiger at the Gates ⓘ
Maurice Valency → notableWork → Tiger at the Gates (English adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Tiger at the Gates
La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu → hasAdaptation → Tiger at the Gates (English-language adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Tiger at the Gates
Tiger at the Gates → titleInEnglish → Tiger at the Gates ⓘ