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Molière, the French revolution, and the theatrical afterlife [[electronic resource] /] / by Mechele Leon



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Autore: Leon Mechele <1958-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Molière, the French revolution, and the theatrical afterlife [[electronic resource] /] / by Mechele Leon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
Disciplina: 842.4
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Soggetto topico: French literature - 17th century - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 hon
Titolo autorizzato: Molière, the French revolution, and the theatrical afterlife  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-58729-891-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458346303321
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Serie: Studies in theatre history and culture.