Author: Karl MantziusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Molière and his times: the theatre in France in the 17th century
Author: Karl MantziusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife
Author: Mechele LeonPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587298910
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
From 1680 until the French Revolution, when legislation abolished restrictions on theatrical enterprise, a single theatre held sole proprietorship of Molière’s works. After 1791, his plays were performed in new theatres all over Paris by new actors, before audiences new to his works. Both his plays and his image took on new dimensions. In Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife, Mechele Leon convincingly demonstrates how revolutionaries challenged the ties that bound this preeminent seventeenth-century comic playwright to the Old Regime and provided him with a place of honor in the nation’s new cultural memory. Leon begins by analyzing the performance of Molière’s plays during the Revolution, showing how his privileged position as royal servant was disrupted by the practical conditions of the revolutionary theatre. Next she explores Molière’s relationship to Louis XIV, Tartuffe, and the social function of his comedy, using Rousseau’s famous critique of Molière as well as appropriations of George Dandin in revolutionary iconography to discuss how Moliérean laughter was retooled to serve republican interests. After examining the profusion of plays dealing with his life in the latter years of the Revolution, she looks at the exhumation of his remains and their reentombment as the tangible manifestation of his passage from Ancien Régime favorite to new national icon. The great Molière is appreciated by theatre artists and audiences worldwide, but for the French people it is no exaggeration to say that the Father of French Comedy is part of their national soul. By showing how he was represented, reborn, and reburied in the new France—how the revolutionaries asserted his relevance for their tumultuous time in ways that were audacious, irreverent, imaginative, and extreme—Leon clarifies the important role of theatrical figures in preserving and portraying a nation’s history.
A History of Theatrical Art
Author: Karl MantziusA History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times: Molière and his times: the theatre in France in the 17th century
Author: Karl MantziusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Molière
Author: Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, French
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Book Bulletin
Author: A Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Books Relating to the Stage in the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library)Publisher: Boston : The Trustees
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Book Review Digest
Author: Bibliographical Contributions
Author: William Coolidge LanePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Molière on Stage
Author: Robert GoldsbyPublisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857284428
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
'Molière on Stage' takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Molière's plays, analyzing the performance of his works in both his own time and in ours. Written by a professional stage director with over fifty years' experience directing and translating Molière, this text explores how the playwright strove to create a communal experience of shared laughter, and investigates four key topics relating to this achievement: Molière's early experiences that lead to his later theater experiences; his central great plays of love and lust; his comedic genius and his passion for the stage; and the final words and performances of his life.