Albert Camus, Les Justes [The Just]

Vina Tirven-Gadum (Athabasca University)

Ed. by Hugo Azerad, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1950

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

Context and History

Les Justes, a five-act play by Albert Camus, was staged for the first time at the Théâtre-Hébertot in Paris on the 15^th of December 1949. Serge Reggiani assumed the role of Ivan Kaliayev while Maria Casarès played the part of Dora Doulebov. Along with La Peste (1947) and L’Homme révolté (1951), Les Justes forms part of the author’s second cycle, the “cycle de révolte”. Camus had already published works on his first cycle “le cycle de l’absurde” (absurdism). Encouraged by its enthusiastic reception, he worked on his second cycle whose aim was to offer a …

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Citation: Tirven-Gadum, Vina. "Les Justes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 November 2021 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11624, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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