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Medieval roles for modern times : theater and the battle for the French Republic / Helen Solterer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solterer, Helen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--France--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--Political aspects.
- History.
- Theater and society.
- France.
- Theater and society--France--History--20th century.
- Theater--Political aspects--France--History--20th century.
- France--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Arts and society.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- "Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- French mysteries and Russian miracles: role-playing, the Great War, and Bolshevik Revolution, 1905-1925
- Gustave Cohen and the theater of belonging to France: Paris, 1933-1935
- The Théophilien troupe's coming of age: Paris, 1935-1939
- Theatrical double jeopardy: Paris, 1939-1944
- La France âEternelle in American exile: New York, 1941-1944
- Moussa Abadi and playing for life: Nice, 1943-1944
- Epilogue
- Postwar dramas: Paris, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, 1944-1952.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271036144
- 0271036141
- OCLC:
- 424333650
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