French Theatre in the Neo-Classical Era, 1550-1789

by Howarth, William D.; Clarke, Jan; Forman, Edward; Golder, John; O'Regan, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780521230131
• ISBN10: 0521230136
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

This volume covers the period that saw the establishment in France of a centralized official theater--not only the Com_die-FranYaise, but an Italian theater and a state Opera; the often subversive independent theaters are also discussed. Nearly 1000 documents are, for the most part, newly translated and many are published for the first time. Over 120 pictorial documents provide a visual dimension where relevant. A copious bibliography helps to make this an important reference work and a valuable research tool.

Table of Contents

List of documents	vii	(26)
General editors' preface	xxxiii	(2)
Editor's preface	xxxv	(2)
Historical references and glossary	xxxvii	(2)
Abbreviations	xli
Introduction	1	(10)
Part One: 1550-1630	11	(92)
Christopher Smith
I Documents of control	11	(12)
II Humanist drama	23	(20)
III Theatre in Paris	43	(17)
IV Theatre in the provinces	60	(21)
V Theatre at court	81	(22)
Part Two: 1630-1680	103	(182)
Edward Forman (Sections VIII.X.XI)
Michael O'Regan (Sections VII. IX)
William D. Howarth (Section VI)
VI Documents of control	103	(22)
VII Playhouses and companies	125	(39)
VIII Actors and acting	164	(27)
IX Mise en scene and costume	191	(45)
X Audiences	236	(17)
XI Authors and their critics	253	(32)
Part Three: 1680-1715	285	(118)
Jan Clarke
XII Documents of control	285	(27)
XIII Company documents	312	(22)
XIV Playhouses	334	(14)
XV The play in rehearsal and performance	348	(20)
XVI Audiences	368	(15)
XVII Provincial and amateur theatre	383	(8)
XVIII The morality debate	391	(12)
Part Four: 1715-1789	403	(282)
John Golder (Sections XX-XXIII)
William D. Howarth (Sections XIX. XXIV-XXVII)
XIX Documents of control	403	(22)
XX Company administration	425	(36)
XXI Theatre architecture	461	(38)
XXII Stage presentation	499	(43)
XXIII Actors and acting	542	(37)
XXIV Audiences, critics and the eighteenth-century repertoire	579	(42)
XXV Censorship and the morality debate	621	(20)
XXVI Independent, provincial and private theatres	641	(34)
XXVII Actors and authors: the end of the ancien regime	675	(10)
Bibliography	685	(24)
I Source-references for documents	685	(11)
II Additional bibliographical information	696	(13)
Index	709