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Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture) by Mechele Leon; ProQuest (Firm) is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture) about?
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 pr
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mechele Leon; ProQuest (Firm)
- Publisher
- Iowa City: University of Iowa Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781587298912
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- History, Performing Arts, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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