French Tragedy in the Reign of Louis XVI: And the Early Years of the French Revolution, 1774-1792 |
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... writer cared to resemble , and reported that , though the play failed on July 14 , Larive acted Aaron so well that La Harpe thanked him for his " triomphe . " The journal stated that the eleven productions brought in about 14,000 francs ...
... writer cared to resemble , and reported that , though the play failed on July 14 , Larive acted Aaron so well that La Harpe thanked him for his " triomphe . " The journal stated that the eleven productions brought in about 14,000 francs ...
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... writer makes the criticism , one that would apply as well to Shakespeare , that a tragedy should not be based on a ... writer thought that the times were such that a writer should seek to " adoucir les esprits ardents " rather than to ...
... writer makes the criticism , one that would apply as well to Shakespeare , that a tragedy should not be based on a ... writer thought that the times were such that a writer should seek to " adoucir les esprits ardents " rather than to ...
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... writer in the Année littéraire , 14 who found little good in the play except the postpone- ment of the most important scenes and the heroine's sympathetic speech to Mirza , but the writer's bias is so obvious that his criticism carries ...
... writer in the Année littéraire , 14 who found little good in the play except the postpone- ment of the most important scenes and the heroine's sympathetic speech to Mirza , but the writer's bias is so obvious that his criticism carries ...
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Tragedy in the New Theater April 1782June 1789 | 85 |
MarieJoseph Chénier and J L Laya 17861792 | 105 |
CharlesPhilippe Ronsin and VincentAntoine Arnault | 119 |
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