"Le soulier de satin" (English spelling) Le soulier de satin

...His works, such as "Introduction to Dutch Painting" (1935), which is an extension of his study of Taoism and Noh, and his collection of art essays, "The Eye Listens" (1946), are excellent treatises on plastic arts as well as sharp treatises on civilization. However, it was not until 1943, when "Le soulier de satin" (completed in Tokyo in 1925) directed by JL Barraud premiered, that Claudel's plays were truly recognized. Since "Head of Gold" (also premiered in 1959), he has written "Passion of the Conqueror's Passion for Universal Unity" and "Partage de Midi" (1906), a play about the poet's existential crisis, which is about the failure of his will to become a priest, which was also his own experience, and his forbidden love with a married woman.

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…また老荘思想や能についての考察の延長線上にある《オランダ絵画序説》(1935)，美術論集《目は聴くL’œil écoute》(1946)も，優れた造形芸術論であると同時に鋭い文明論である。　しかしクローデル劇が真に認められるようになったのは，43年，J.L.バロー演出による《繻子（しゆす）の靴Le soulier de satin》(1925年東京で完成)の初演以来のことである。《黄金の頭》(これも1959年になって初演)以来の〈宇宙的統一を求める征服者の情念(パッシヨン)の受難曲(パッシヨン)〉と，詩人の実存的危機の劇，つまり自身の体験でもある聖職への意志の挫折と人妻との禁じられた恋を主題とする《真昼に分かつPartage de Midi》(1906。…

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