Moliere, the French revolution, and the theatrical afterlife / by Mechele Leon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leon, Mechele, 1958-

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture.

Studies in theatre history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--17th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Molière, 1622-1673--Criticism and interpretation.

Molière.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781587298912

1587298910

OCLC:

503172995