02656nam 2200565Ia 450 991045834630332120200520144314.01-58729-891-0(CKB)2560000000007993(EBL)843256(OCoLC)503172995(SSID)ssj0000340530(PQKBManifestationID)11294077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340530(PQKBWorkID)10388322(PQKB)11348367(MiAaPQ)EBC843256(MdBmJHUP)muse8983(Au-PeEL)EBL843256(CaPaEBR)ebr10343457(EXLCZ)99256000000000799320090220d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMolière, the French revolution, and the theatrical afterlife[electronic resource] /by Mechele LeonIowa City University of Iowa Press20091 online resource (198 p.)Studies in theatre history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-821-X Includes bibliographical references.Repertory: the popularity of Moliere's plays -- Performance: the "high/low" Moliere -- History: rewriting the story of Moliere & Louis XIV -- Function: retooling Molierean laughter -- Life: depicting Moliere in biographical drama -- Death: remembering Moliere -- Epilogue: the future of an afterlife.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 honStudies in theatre history and culture.French literature17th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.French literatureHistory and criticism.842.4842/.4Leon Mechele1958-887502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458346303321Molière, the French revolution, and the theatrical afterlife1982610UNINA