| Duel of Angels | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jean Giraudoux |
| Characters | Joseph, Marcellus, Paola, Armand, Lucile, Eugenie, Mr Justice Blanchard, Barbette |
| Date premiered | 4 November 1953 |
| Place premiered | Marigny Theatre in Paris |
| Original language | French |
| Subject | A faithful wife is betrayed and driven to suicide. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Aix-en-Provence, France Summer, 1868 |
Duel of Angels (1963) is an English-language adaptation by Christopher Fry of the play Pour Lucrèce (1944) by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. The play is based on the story of Lucretia, the virtuous Roman housewife who was raped and, finding no support from her husband and his friends, is driven to suicide. This is the same legend that was used by Shakespeare in The Rape of Lucrece.[1] Giraudoux gives the Roman legend a new locale, setting his drama in nineteenth-century Aix-en-Provence in southern France.