Talk:Jean Giraudoux

Dating/naming ambiguity
Just to take a single example, the list of theatrical productions states:


 * Song of Songs (1938, Comédie-Française)

What's wrong with this? 1 Firstly, the cultural imperialism of Wikipedia which insists that foreign langauage works must appear under their English title. 2 Song of Songs was not premiered in 1938 at the Comédie-Française; that was the original French Cantique des Cantiques. 3 Song of Songs, according to its Wikipedia article, was translated into English in 1959 and 1961, so the 1938 date is wrong.

Either, give the French titles for the premieres (with English translation in brackets if appropriate), or list both French and English as separate works. The same applies to The Enchanted (Intermezzo), Tessa (Tessa, la nymphe au cœur fidèle), The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu whose English translation was in any case called Tiger at the Gates), Electra (Électre), The Apollo of Bellac (L'Apollon de Bellac or L'Apollon de Marsac), Sodom and Gomorrah (Sodome et Gomorrhe), The Madwoman of Chaillot (La Folle de Chaillot) and Duel of Angels (Pour Lucrèce). Emeraude (talk) 09:06, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Murphy's Law, Book Two
In this article I see: "Giraudoux put the joke into his 1980 book, Murphy's Law Book Two." This does not seem correct. First of all, Giraudoux died in 1944. And, the book, Murphy's Law Book Two, is listed (on amazon.com) as being by Arthur Bloch. Any reason I should not go ahead and edit this article accordingly? Thanks! --Tom Tomfren (talk) 16:27, 28 June 2014 (UTC)