French Tragedy in the Reign of Louis XVI: And the Early Years of the French Revolution, 1774-1792 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 38
Page
... written in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , but this fact does not prevent them from having several claims upon our attention . It was in this period that the great actor , Talma , made his début and began to acquire his ...
... written in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , but this fact does not prevent them from having several claims upon our attention . It was in this period that the great actor , Talma , made his début and began to acquire his ...
Page 46
... writing in the Mercure he claimed to have preserved the spirit , if not the letter , of the unities and reminded him ... written this tragedy . The subject of VIRGINIE 45 was as familiar as that of Coriolan . The source was again Livy ...
... writing in the Mercure he claimed to have preserved the spirit , if not the letter , of the unities and reminded him ... written this tragedy . The subject of VIRGINIE 45 was as familiar as that of Coriolan . The source was again Livy ...
Page 107
... written a highly moral play , the first national tragedy of France . He did not forget de Belloy , but refused to consider his tragedies national , because there were in them love intrigues . He even went out of his way to criti- cize ...
... written a highly moral play , the first national tragedy of France . He did not forget de Belloy , but refused to consider his tragedies national , because there were in them love intrigues . He even went out of his way to criti- cize ...
Contents
Tragedy in the New Theater April 1782June 1789 | 85 |
MarieJoseph Chénier and J L Laya 17861792 | 105 |
CharlesPhilippe Ronsin and VincentAntoine Arnault | 119 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
action actors Admetus admits Agis Appius Arnault Barmécide Brizard brother brought Caïn Caius Calas called Cerroni Chamfort characters Charles IX Chénier Comédie Française condemned Coriolanus daughter death Decemvirs declares dénouement Doigny dramatic dramatist Dubuisson Ducis Ducis's Edipus Emilie Esprit des journaux Etienne et Martainville father francs French Harpe Harpe's Helmonde hero heroine Icilius Jean Calas Jeanne killed king La Harpe Larive Lavaisse Léar Lorédan Louis XVI Louvois Lucrèce Macbeth Marius marry Martainville Meister Mémoires secrets Mercure Mirza Mlle Raucourt Mlle Saint-Val Mme Vestris Molé Molière Monvel mother murder Mustapha Nadir Odmard Othello Paris parterre performance peuple plot Polyneices praised prince prison Pyrrhus queen remorse Revolution Richemont Rienzi role Rome Ronsin Roxelane Saint-Mars Salle Scanderberg scene senate Shakespeare Solyman stabs stage Talma theater Théâtre thought three acts throne Tigrane Timagène tragedy Trasime troupe Tullus Vanhove verses veuve Virginie Voltaire wife writer wrote Zéangir Zuma