French theatre in the neo-classical era, 1550-1789
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French theatre in the neo-classical era, 1550-1789
(Theatre in Europe : a documentary history)
Cambridge University Press, 1997
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 685-708) and index
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Description
This 1997 book covers the period which saw the establishment in France of a centralized official theatre - not only the Comedie-Francaise (the first 'national' theatre), but an Italian theatre and a state opera; the often subversive independent theatres are also discussed. Nearly 1,000 documents deal with censorship and other aspects of external control, company management, the acting profession, dramatic theory and criticism, theatre architecture, settings and costumes, audience composition and behaviour. Over 120 pictorial documents - architectural drawings, technical engravings, frontispieces, portraits, etc. - provide a visual dimension where relevant. A full linking narrative and a copious bibliography help to make this an important reference work and a valuable research tool.
Table of Contents
- List of documents
- General editors' preface
- Editor's preface
- Historical references and glossary
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. 1550-1630 Christopher Smith: 1. Documents of control
- 2. Humanist drama
- 3. Theatre in Paris
- 4. Theatre in the provinces
- 5. Theatre at court
- Part II. 1630-80 Edward Forman, Michael O'Regan and William D. Howarth: 6. Documents of control
- 7. Playhouses and companies
- 8. Actors and acting
- 9. Mise-en-scene and costume
- 10. Audiences
- 11. Authors and their critics
- Part III. 1680-1715 Jan Clarke
- 12. Documents of control
- 13. Company documents
- 14. Playhouses
- 15. The play in rehearsal and performance
- 16. Audiences
- 17. Provincial and amateur theatre
- 18. The morality debate
- Part IV. 1715-91 John Golder and William D. Howarth: 19. Documents of control
- 20. Company administration
- 21. Theatre architecture
- 22. Stage presentation
- 23. Actors and acting
- 24. Audiences, critics and the eighteenth-century repertoire
- 25. Censorship and the morality debate
- 26. Independent, provincial and private theatres
- 27. Actors and authors
- the end of the ancien regime
- Bibliography.
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