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In February, he designs the sets and costumes for Feydeau&#8217;s <i>La main passe<\/i>. On April 29th, the premiere of <i>La Machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire (The Typewriter)<\/i> at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre H\u00e9bertot spurs virulent attacks from the collaborationist press: Rebatet and Laubreaux rage in the fascist-leaning <i>Je suis partout<\/i>. One evening in June, Jean Marais gives Laubreaux a good hiding. The play is banned. In July, an album of drawings linked to the <i>Chevaliers de la Table ronde (Knights of the Round Table)<\/i> is published. In August, it takes Cocteau just 18 days to write <i>Renaud &amp; Armide<\/i>. In October, a revival of <i>Les parents terribles (The Storm Within)<\/i> at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Gymnase results in the play being banned. On December 7th, the ban is lifted and the play is received with loud applause. At the end of the year, Cocteau hires Paul Morihien as his secretary.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1942&#8243; date=&#8221;1942&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On January 19th, the play <i>Renaud &amp; Armide<\/i> is accepted by the Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise, but rejected by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Carcopino, the Vichy government&#8217;s supervising Minister. Throughout the year, Cocteau meets frequently with Picasso, Eluard and Lise Deharme. He sees Ernst J\u00fcnger who is posted in Paris. Cocteau enters a period of intense cinematic activity: adaptation and dialogues for Marcel Lherbier&#8217;s <i>La Com\u00e9die du bonheur<\/i> and dialogues for Roland Tual unhappy with Charles Spaak&#8217;s screenplays for <i>Lit \u00e0 Colonnes<\/i>. In early March, Cocteau begins writing a <i>Journal<\/i>. On May 15th, he attends the inauguration of an exhibition of his long-time friend, the German sculptor Arno Breker, at the Orangerie. On May 23rd, he publishes a &#8220;<i>salute to Breker<\/i>&#8221; in <i>Comoedia<\/i> and sparks intense criticism for doing so. He completes his screenplay for <i>L&#8217;Eternel retour (The Eternal Return)<\/i> and re-writes the <i>Baron fant\u00f4me<\/i> for Serge de Poligny.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1943&#8243; date=&#8221;1943&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Mme. Cocteau dies on January 20th. On January 27th, <i>Antigone<\/i> triumphs at the Opera. Two days later, Cocteau holds a poetry recital with Serge Lifar at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Edouard VII. On February 6th, Cocteau is filled with enthusiasm at a reading of Genet&#8217;s <i>Condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 mort<\/i>. On February 15th, he meets Genet. On April 14th, <i>Renaud &amp; Armide<\/i> has its premiere at the Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise with Marie Bell, Mary Marquet, Maurice Escande and Jacques Dacquemine. The play is a huge success; however the collaborationist press continues to hound the author. On April 20th, Cocteau leaves for Nice for the filming of <i>L&#8217;Eternel retour (The Eternal Return)<\/i>. Soon after his arrival, he develops a mild and easily-treated case of pneumonia. In August, he plays Musset in Sacha Guitry&#8217;s film <i>La Malibran<\/i>. He works on a study on El Greco to be published at the end of the year as well as on a play that will become <i>L&#8217;Aigle \u00e0 deux t\u00eates (The Eagle Has Two Heads)<\/i>. On August 27th, Cocteau is attacked on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es by members of a security force supervising a parade of French Volunteers who have enlisted to go to the Russian Front at the side of the Nazis. In October, <i>L&#8217;Eternel retour (The Eternal Return)<\/i> is screened in three cinemas. Jean Marais is a resounding success. Cocteau leaves with Marais and Paul Morihien for Tal Moor near Pont-Aven where they are guests of the Masson-D\u00e9tourbets. Whilst there, Cocteau completes <i>L&#8217;Aigle \u00e0 deux t\u00eates (The Eagle Has Two Heads)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1944&#8243; date=&#8221;1944&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>He finishes <i>L\u00e9one<\/i>, a poem he has been working on since 1941. His project for <i>La Belle et la B\u00eate (Beauty and the Beast)<\/i> takes form. The death of Giraudoux on January 31st, and more particularly that of Max Jacob at the holding camp in Drancy on March 5th, deeply affects Cocteau who had made every effort to obtain the release of his friend. On April 12th, he turns down an offer to succeed Vaudoyer as director of the Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise. On June 10th, four days after the Allied landings in Normandy, he attends a lecture given by Sartre at la Loggia on the Quai Voltaire. The lecture is followed by a debate on <i>Dramatic Style<\/i>. In early July, Jean Desbordes&#8217; sister asks Cocteau to intervene to save her brother imprisoned for his activities in the Resistance. Cocteau tries but in vain: Jean Desbordes is executed on July 5th. After the liberation of Paris on August 25th, Jean Marais joins Leclerc&#8217;s Free French division and on September 7th leaves for the front. From the end of August onwards, Cocteau&#8217;s demeanour during the Occupation raises criticism. On November 23rd, he is summoned to appear before the collaborationist-purging Comit\u00e9 d&#8217;\u00e9puration du cinema. He is acquitted in minutes. He will also be acquitted when he appears before the Committee of Writers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1945&#8243; date=&#8221;1945&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>January sees readings of <i>L\u00e9one<\/i> by Cocteau himself, of <i>Plein-chant (Plainsong)<\/i> by Maria Casar\u00e8s, and <i>L&#8217;Ange Heurtebise (The Angel Heurtebise)<\/i> by Marcel Herrand. In April, the poet writes the last page of the Journal that he started in March 1942. He and Georges Hugnet start writing poems on the tablecloths of the restaurant Le Catalan. He writes the dialogue for Bresson&#8217;s <i>Dames du bois de Boulogne (Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne)<\/i>. <i>La Belle et la B\u00eate (Beauty and the Beast)<\/i> is filmed at Rochecorbon near Tours between August 26th and September 13th. The last reels are shot in the studio and at the Ch\u00e2teau de Raray near Senlis. Cocteau, who has suffered from hives and acute inflammation since early October is finally hospitalised at the H\u00f4pital Pasteur. Whilst there, he writes <i>La Crucifixion<\/i>. He is released from the hospital on November 1st and starts filming again on November 6th. Though still afflicted with abscesses, he works until the end of the year. He keeps a journal of the filming, which will be published in January 1947 <i>(La Belle et la B\u00eate. Journal d&#8217;un film &#8211; Beauty and the Beast. Diary of a filming)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1946&#8243; date=&#8221;1946&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Filming ends on January 11th and Cocteau begins the task of editing. On February 8th, <i>Les Parents terribles (The Storm Within)<\/i> is revived at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Gymnase. In mid-February, concerned that Cocteau may be suffering from jaundice, Darbon takes the poet to Morzine. Whilst there, Cocteau starts work on <i>La Difficult\u00e9 d&#8217;\u00eatre (The Difficulty of Being)<\/i>. On June 25th, his ballet <i>Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (The Young Man and Death)<\/i> premieres at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es with Jean Babil\u00e9e in the lead role. From July 25th to August 24th, Cocteau rests at the spa in La Rocheposay, Poitou. Jean Marais and the Vilmorins visit him. Whilst there, the poet writes <i>Un ami dort (A Friend Sleeps)<\/i> and works on the screenplay for <i>Ruy Blas<\/i>. In October, <i>La Cruxifixion<\/i> is published and the <i>Aigle \u00e0 deux t\u00eates (The Eagle has Two Heads)<\/i> has its world premiere in Brussels. <i>La Belle et la B\u00eate (Beauty and the Beast)<\/i> opens in Paris at the Colis\u00e9e and Madeleine cinemas. The film, overlooked at the Cannes Festival in September, is awarded the Louis-Delluc Prize in December. That same month, the first volume of Cocteau&#8217;s complete works is published by \u00e9ditions Marguerat; the eleventh and final volume will be released in March 1951. On December 22nd, <i>L&#8217;Aigle \u00e0 deux t\u00eates (The Eagle has Two Heads)<\/i> is performed at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre H\u00e9bertot with Edwige Feuill\u00e8re and Jean Marais in the leading roles.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1947&#8243; date=&#8221;1947&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>In January, Cocteau buys a house in Milly-la-For\u00eat with Jean Marais; they take up residence in November. Though he writes <i>L&#8217;Impromptu du Palais-Royal<\/i> in April and draws his series of <i>Licornes (Unicorns)<\/i> in July, the greater part of the poet&#8217;s output during 1947 is cinema-based: in the spring, he follows the filming of Rossellini&#8217;s adaptation of <i>La Voix humaine (The Human Voice)<\/i> starring Anna Magnani, then the filming of Ruy Blas and finally, in October, the filming of <i>L&#8217;Aigle \u00e0 deux t\u00eates (The Eagle has Two Heads)<\/i>. At the end of the year, he writes the screenplay for <i>Orph\u00e9e (Orpheus)<\/i> and publishes <i>La Difficult\u00e9 d&#8217;\u00eatre (The Difficulty of Being)<\/i>. In July, publisher Paul Morihien introduces him to Edouard Dermit, a young painter from Lorraine. Cocteau hires him as an assistant gardener at Milly and quickly makes him his chauffeur.<\/p>\n<p>[\/dmpro_timeline_item][dmpro_timeline_item admin_label=&#8221;1948&#8243; date=&#8221;1948&#8243; timeline_icon=&#8221;&#x800;||divi||400&#8243; timeline_icon_color=&#8221;#00ABEC&#8221; date_circle_color=&#8221;#F0EAD9&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; card_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; icon_placement_tablet=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_placement_phone=&#8221;top&#8221; icon_placement_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; date_text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; date_text_text_color=&#8221;#B7905F&#8221; date_text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; date_text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; date_text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;22px&#8221; date_text_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; date_text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Cinema remains Cocteau&#8217;s primary focus throughout the year. <i>Ruy Blas<\/i> is released in February and <i>L&#8217;Aigle \u00e0 deux t\u00eates (The Eagle has Two Heads)<\/i> in September. <i>Les Parents terribles (The Storm Within)<\/i> is shot during May and June and released in November. 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From March 6th to May 24th, the stage productions of <i>Les Parents terribles (The Storm Within)<\/i>, <i>La Machine infernale (The Infernal Machine)<\/i> and <i>Les Monstres sacr\u00e9s (Holy Monsters)<\/i> go on tour to Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey. Jean Marais, Edouard Dermit, Yvonne de Bray and Gabrielle Dorziat are part of the troupe. A diary of the tour entitled Maalesh will be published in December. In May, the paperback compendium of his plays, <i>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de poche<\/i>, arrives in bookstores. During the summer, Cocteau adapts the Tennessee Williams play <i>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/i> and he organises the Festival du Film Maudit in Biarritz. The filming of <i>Orph\u00e9e (Orpheus)<\/i> gets underway in August and continues into November. By the time filming is complete Cocteau is left with a bad case of sciatica. In December, shooting begins on Melville&#8217;s adaptation of <i>Les Enfants terribles (Children of the Game)<\/i>. The poet meets 30-year-old Francine Weisweiller through Nicole St\u00e9phane. An immediate and durable friendship begins. 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The film will go on to receive the International Critics&#8217; Prize at the Venice Film Festival in September. In Germany, Cocteau&#8217;s presentation of the film is a huge success. In May, he makes his first visit to Santo Sospir, Francine Weisweiller&#8217;s villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. The villa will become a third home to him. Whilst there, he sets about decorating the walls. The ballet <i>Ph\u00e8dre (Phaedra)<\/i> for which Cocteau wrote the libretto and designed the sets and costumes premieres at the Paris Opera on June 14th. The ballet is choreographed by Lifar with music by Auric. In July, Cocteau takes the first steps to adopt Edouard Dermit &#8211; a process that will remain incomplete at his death. During the summer, the poet travels to Italy with Francine Weisweiller and Edouard Dermit. They make a stop at the Venice Film Festival. At the end of the year, he starts painting with an easel. 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