Cocteau, Jean 1889-1963

Les enfants terribles by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
236 editions published between 1925 and 2011 in 11 languages and held by 1,762 libraries worldwide
An easy reader with vocabulary words in footnotes, labelled illustrations, and questions at the end of each chapter.

Beauty and the beast La belle et la bête ( Visual )
34 editions published between 1946 and 2008 in French and held by 1,506 libraries worldwide
A restoration of the original 1946 French film, telling the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him.

The impostor by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
135 editions published between 1923 and 2007 in 8 languages and held by 1,259 libraries worldwide
Bien que réformé en 1914, Cocteau s'engagea comme ambulancier civil et côtoya les fusiliers marins dont il devint, en quelque sorte, "la mascotte". De cette expérience, l'écrivain tira, en 1923, "Thomas l'imposteur".

La machine infernale; pièce en 4 actes by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
148 editions published between 1907 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 1,187 libraries worldwide
Adaptation très libre de l'histoire d'Oedipe qui, selon l'oracle de Delphes, devait tuer son père et épouser sa mère. Parue en 1934, cette pièce marie le surréalisme, l'ironie et l'anachronisme volontaire. Cocteau y renouvelle le mythe avec les dons du virtuose.

The difficulty of being by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
75 editions published between 1947 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,177 libraries worldwide
Reminiscences by one of the seminal figures in 20th century literature and art, including sketches of Proust, Picasso, Gide and Nijinsky.

Diary of an unknown by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
32 editions published between 1953 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,164 libraries worldwide
Souvenirs (sur Sachs, Gide, etc.) et réflexions sur l'art, l'amitié, la mort, la mémoire, l'inspiration. Egalement tentative - aussi courageuse qu'élégante et ambiguë - de Cocteau de lever le masque, de démystifier la figure qu'il proposait pourtant à son public.

The infernal machine, and other plays by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
3 editions published between 1963 and 1967 in English and held by 1,149 libraries worldwide

Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky ( Recording )
139 editions published between 1927 and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 1,078 libraries worldwide
A double bill of music by Igor Stravinsky -- Oedipus Rex, an opera-oratorio defying the traditional structure and music content of opera and the sacred nature of oratorio, live from the Carré Theatre in Amsterdam. The original 1962 recording of The Flood, a work originally conceived for the television medium, is set to a breathtaking range of video effects.

Five plays by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
6 editions published between 1961 and 1996 in English and held by 1,062 libraries worldwide

Two screenplays: The blood of a poet [and] The testament of Orpheus by Jean Cocteau ( Book )
64 editions published between 1930 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 1,024 libraries worldwide
A personal film in four episodes. An avant-garde film built around a character who "lives what he creates" in the words of Cocteau.