02127nam 2200469 450 991079876980332120170924201339.01-4985-2279-3(CKB)3710000000842760(EBL)4662492(OCoLC)958121805(MiAaPQ)EBC4662492(EXLCZ)99371000000084276020160913h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierStaging france between the world wars performance, politics, and the transformation of the theatrical canon. /Susan McCreadyLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-2280-7 1-4985-2278-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Subject to Interpretation; 2 Mobilizing the Canon; 3 Molière; 4 Racine et Shakespeare; 5 The Romantics; 6 Hitting the Mainstream; Conclusion; General Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorStaging France between the World Wars analyzes the rise of the modernist aesthetic in French stagecraft between the world wars. Focusing on interwar productions of the classics, it demonstrates that modernist directors had a significant and lasting impact on the academic canon of theater: they introduced a youthful, farcical Molière, reshuffled the hierarchy of Romantic playwrights, and introduced a generation to a more authentic Shakespeare.French drama19th centuryHistory and criticismTheaterFranceHistory19th centuryFrench dramaHistory and criticism.TheaterHistory842.709McCready Susan1507455MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798769803321Staging france between the world wars3738222UNINA