THE RETHINKING OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN PLOT ABOUT ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE J. ANOUILH’S CREATION
The article deals with the Jean Anouilh’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s plot in the drama “Romeo and Jannette” (1946). In the unstable period of the 1940s, including the Second world war, the writer often used the well-known mythological and historical plots in order to reveal the modern life problems through the lense of the past. The Anouilh’s perception of the Shakespeare’s tragedy content and conflict is revealed.