Arthur Adamov
(1908 - 1970)
French dramatist, born in Kislovodsk, Russian Caucasus. August 23, 1908. Died Paris, March 16, 1970
Plays:
- La Parodie (The Parody) 1947 pub. 1950
- L'Invasion (The Invasion) 1949 pub. 1950
- La Grande et la Petite Manoeuvre (The Great and the Small Manoeuvres) 1951
- Le Professeur Taranne (Professor Taranne) 1951 pub. 1953
- Les Retrouvailles (The Recoveries) 1952 pub. 1955
- Le Sens de la Marche (The Direction of the March) 1955
- Tous Contre Tous (All Against All) 1953
- Comme nous avons été (As We Were) 1953
- Le ping-pong (Ping-Pong) 1955
- Le pélican (The Pelican) 1956
- Paolo Paoli (1957)
- Les âmes mortes (Dead Souls) 1958
- Intimité (Intimacy) 1958
- La complainte du ridicule (The Lament of the Ridiculous) 1958
- Je ne suis pas Français (I Am Not French) 1958
- Les petits bourgeois (The Petty Bourgeois) 1959
- Le printemps 71 (Spring 71) 1960
- La politique des restes (The Scavengeers) 1962
- Sainte Europe (1966)
- Off Limits (1968)
- M. le Modéré (Mister Moderate)
Criticism:
- Martin Esslin - "Arthur Adamov: The Curable and the Incurable," in The Theatre of the Absurd
- G.E. Wellwarth - The Theatre of Protest and Paradox
- M. Regnaut - Sur Adamov, Artaud, Brecht, Genet, Gorki, Racine, Weiss
- D. Bradby - Adamov