Anouilh:

In the 1940's Europe war had broken out across the whole continent. I'm not quiet sure how it would affect the author, I don't know where she lives, I suppose i will assume that it is Greece if she is interpretting a Greek play. Anouilh probably has a bad outlook towards war and does not like conflict at all. It will probably make her characters in her interpretation seek for less rash arguements and have more of a nuetral tone. Not that it changes what happens in the end but it will be more like if the actors had less emotion in what they were saying.