The Theatres Of Moliere

Author : Gerry McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134967446
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theatres of Moliere written by Gerry McCarthy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this detailed and fascinating volume, Gerry McCarthy examines the practice and method of possibly the greatest actor-dramatist, shedding new light on the dramatic intelligence and theatrical understanding of Moliere's writing.

Author : Gerry McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134967438
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theatres of Moliere written by Gerry McCarthy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moliere's plays are the cornerstone of the French Classical dramatic repertoire. Adapted and exploited in his day by dramatists of the English Restoration, they are now again growing in popularity. In this detailed and fascinating volume, Gerry McCarthy examines the practice and method of possibly the greatest actor-dramatist. From the rough farces of Moliere's days on the road to the creation of the diverse and spectacular court entertainments on his return to Paris, McCarthy sheds new light on the dramatic intelligence and theatrical understanding of Moliere's writing for the actor. Drawing on Moliere's own brief discussions of performance and the contemporary evidence of his practice, this is a crucial addition to the debate on style and method in classical acting and on the staging of classical plays on the contemporary stage.

Author : Mechele Leon
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587298910
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife written by Mechele Leon and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 honor in the nation’s new cultural memory. Leon begins by analyzing the performance of Molière’s plays during the Revolution, showing how his privileged position as royal servant was disrupted by the practical conditions of the revolutionary theatre. Next she explores Molière’s relationship to Louis XIV, Tartuffe, and the social function of his comedy, using Rousseau’s famous critique of Molière as well as appropriations of George Dandin in revolutionary iconography to discuss how Moliérean laughter was retooled to serve republican interests. After examining the profusion of plays dealing with his life in the latter years of the Revolution, she looks at the exhumation of his remains and their reentombment as the tangible manifestation of his passage from Ancien Régime favorite to new national icon. The great Molière is appreciated by theatre artists and audiences worldwide, but for the French people it is no exaggeration to say that the Father of French Comedy is part of their national soul. By showing how he was represented, reborn, and reburied in the new France—how the revolutionaries asserted his relevance for their tumultuous time in ways that were audacious, irreverent, imaginative, and extreme—Leon clarifies the important role of theatrical figures in preserving and portraying a nation’s history.

Author : Molière
Publisher : Branden Books
ISBN 13 : 9780828320382
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molière, Four Plays written by Molière and published by Branden Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moliere is considered the Shakespeare of France. Moliere's plays are enacted throughout the world in virtually every language, as much today as ever.

Author : Virginia Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521012386
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molière written by Virginia Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Molière was first published in 2000 and will appeal to general reader and specialists in French and Theatre Studies.

Author : Gerry McCarthy
Publisher : Theatre Production Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780415259477
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theatres of Molière written by Gerry McCarthy and published by Theatre Production Studies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moliere's plays are the cornerstone of the French Classical dramatic repertoire. Adapted and exploited in his day by dramatists of the English Restoration, they are now again growing in popularity. In this detailed and fascinating volume, Gerry McCarthy examines the practice and method of possibly the greatest actor-dramatist. From the rough farces of Moliere's days on the road to the creation of the diverse and spectacular court entertainments on his return to Paris, McCarthy sheds new light on the dramatic intelligence and theatrical understanding of Moliere's writing for the actor. Drawing on Moliere's own brief discussions of performance and the contemporary evidence of his practice, this is a crucial addition to the debate on style and method in classical acting and on the staging of classical plays on the contemporary stage.

Author : Molière
Publisher : Signet Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tartuffe and Other Plays written by Molière and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1981 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ridiculous pr?cieuses -- School for husbands -- School for wives -- Critique of The school for wives -- Versailles impromptu -- Tartuffe, or, The impostor -- Don Juan, or, The stone guest.

Author : Karl Mantzius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molière and his times: the theatre in France in the 17th century written by Karl Mantzius and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Goldsby
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857284428
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molière on Stage written by Robert Goldsby and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Molière on Stage' takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Molière's plays, analyzing the performance of his works in both his own time and in ours. Written by a professional stage director with over fifty years' experience directing and translating Molière, this text explores how the playwright strove to create a communal experience of shared laughter, and investigates four key topics relating to this achievement: Molière's early experiences that lead to his later theater experiences; his central great plays of love and lust; his comedic genius and his passion for the stage; and the final words and performances of his life.

Author : Karl Mantzius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times: Molière and his times: the theatre in France in the 17th century written by Karl Mantzius and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: