Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive inventory is the result of a study of all performances of plays and operas announced in two Parisian newspapers during the decade of the French Revolution. The research conducted by a team of French and American historians tests the two-century-old assumption that Parisian theatre during the French Revolution was nothing more than a forum for political debate. This work will be an important resource for scholars of French theatre, opera, and literature, as well as for historians of the French Revolution.
Review
....this book should become a standard reference source for cultural historians engaged in any study focusing on the years 1789-1799 in France.European Studies Journal
Synopsis
...A comprehensive inventory of theatre performances announced in Parisian newspapers during the decade of the French Revolution; introduced by an intelligent revisionist overview of the historiography of French Revolutionary theatre.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-404) and indexes.
About the Author
EMMET KENNEDY is Professor of European History at the George Washington University.MARIE-LAURENCE NETTER is researcher at the Centre de Recherches Historiques, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.JAMES P. McGREGOR is senior policy officer at the Office of Policy, United States Information Agency.MARK V. OLSEN is assistant director of the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago.
Table of Contents
Preface
History of the Problem and the Method of Solving It by Emmet Kennedy
The Authors by Marie-Laurence Netter
The Most Performed Plays of the Decade by Emmet Kennedy
The Great Successes of Each Year by Marie-Laurence Netter
Old Regime Tragedy and the Terror by Emmet Kennedy
The Most Performed Genres and Their Evolution by Marie-Laurence Netter
Theatres and Their Directors by Marie-Laurence Netter
High Culture and Popular Culture: Paris Theatre Audiences, the Critics, and the Police by Emmet Kennedy
Conclusion by Emmet Kennedy and Marie-Laurence Netter
Repertory of French Revolutionary Theatre
Repertory of Anonymous or Unattributed Plays
Index of Titles and Authors
Index of Composers and Authors
Statistical Overview and Tables
References