THE TROJAN WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, Jean Giraudoux

As the Greeks threaten to attack the Trojans after Paris abducts Helen, Hector, a hero of peace, tries to defuse a conflict that is nevertheless predetermined... Blending elements from the Iliad with references to current events, tragedy with farce, irony with poetic fantasy, Giraudoux, in this timeless play, reveals the comedies and antics that precede history's greatest catastrophes. A work of pacifist inspiration written in 1935, when the shadow of war loomed over Europe, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place questions these blind forces that drive men and which we call destiny.