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Download or read book Tragic Muse written by Rachel Brownstein and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Felix (1821-58), the homely daughter of poor Jewish peddlers, was the first stage actress to achieve international stardom - and the last person one would have expected to resurrect the cultural patrimony of France. Yet her passionate, startling performances of the works of Racine and Corneille saved them from almost certain obsolescence after the fall of Napoleon (who had relished classical French tragedy) and the emergence of Romanticism. Audiences in Paris, London, Boston, and Moscow thrilled to her voice, and devoured the rumors of her offstage promiscuity and extravagance. Her fame - equal parts popularity and notoriety - was so great that she could nonchalantly dispose of her last name. La grande Rachel virtually invented the role of the superstar, while remaining a symbol of the highest art and most serious cultural pursuits. Indeed, her identity was fraught with such contradictions - which intrigued the public all the more. From the moment she was discovered playing the guitar on the streets of Lyons, to her debut on the Parisian stage at the age of fifteen, to her critical and commercial triumphs as Camille, Phedre, and other tormented women, Rachel's career was exhaustively "managed." A series of theater gurus, influential reviewers, and impresarios - including her brash and opportunistic father - claimed the credit for her astonishing success. What this abundance of male managers has always obscured is Rachel's own decisiveness and control over her time and money - not only did she play her various champions (and high-profile lovers) against one another, she openly defied them. Some called her stubborn, even perverse; in these pages, we come to recognize her as a woman ahead of her time, a charismatic individual very much in charge of her own destiny. As her fascination with all things Napoleonic suggests, Rachel liked power - both personal and professional - and had the talent to command it.
Book Synopsis A Company of Actors (The Comédie Française) by : Francisque Sarcey
Download or read book A Company of Actors (The Comédie Française) written by Francisque Sarcey and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of four papers on acting in the series by the Dramatic Museum. Includes a lecture given about the author, an important French dramatic critic of the time, regarding his involvement with the company of the Comedie-Francaise in Paris.
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française written by Arsène Houssaye and published by London : Chapman and Hall, Limited. This book was released on 1889 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Comédie Française by : J. Keith Angus
Download or read book The Comédie Française written by J. Keith Angus and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The House of Moliere by : William Edward Garrett Fisher
Download or read book The House of Moliere written by William Edward Garrett Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française written by Arsène Houssaye and published by London : Chapman and Hall, Limited. This book was released on 1889 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comedie Francaise by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comedie Francaise written by Arsène Houssaye and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comedie Francaise by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comedie Francaise written by Arsène Houssaye and published by Ayer Company Pub. This book was released on 1972-08 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Comédie-Française from Molière to Éric Ruf by : Simon Trowbridge
Download or read book The Comédie-Française from Molière to Éric Ruf written by Simon Trowbridge and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new book, the first of its kind in English, Simon Trowbridge traces the rich and sometimes turbulent history of France's national theatre company, the Comédie-Française, from its foundation in 1680 to the present day. The Comédie-Française has survived the vanity of kings and emperors. It has survived revolutions and wars. During all of its long history it has remained a true company, a society of actors. There have been good times and inevitable dips, but today this most legendary of theatres is also among Europe's most dynamic and most compelling. High quality production photographs, along with other images, illustrate the text and help to convey the style and quality of the Comédie's recent work. Also available in hardback.
Book Synopsis Music and Theatre in France, 1600-1680 by : John S. Powell
Download or read book Music and Theatre in France, 1600-1680 written by John S. Powell and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the course of the 17th century, the dramatic arts reached a pinnacle of development in France; but despite the volumes devoted to the literature and theatre of the ancien régime, historians have largely neglected the importance of music and dance. This study defines the musical practices of comedy, tragicomedy, tragedy, and mythological and non-mythological pastoral drama, from the arrival of the first repertory companies in Paris until the establishment of the Comédie-Française.
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comedie Francaise : and Other Recollections by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comedie Francaise : and Other Recollections written by Arsène Houssaye and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comédie Française, 1680 written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis French Theatre in the Neo-classical Era, 1550-1789 by : William Driver Howarth
Download or read book French Theatre in the Neo-classical Era, 1550-1789 written by William Driver Howarth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-05 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1997 book covers the period which saw the establishment in France of a centralized official theatre - not only the Comédie-Française (the first 'national' theatre), but an Italian theatre and a state opera; the often subversive independent theatres are also discussed. Nearly 1,000 documents deal with censorship and other aspects of external control, company management, the acting profession, dramatic theory and criticism, theatre architecture, settings and costumes, audience composition and behaviour. Over 120 pictorial documents - architectural drawings, technical engravings, frontispieces, portraits, etc. - provide a visual dimension where relevant. A full linking narrative and a copious bibliography help to make this an important reference work and a valuable research tool.
Author :Frederick William John Hemmings Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :0521450888 Total Pages :303 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (214 download)
Book Synopsis Theatre and State in France, 1760-1905 by : Frederick William John Hemmings
Download or read book Theatre and State in France, 1760-1905 written by Frederick William John Hemmings and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-02-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relations between theatre and state were seldom more fraught in France than in this period. F. W. J. Hemmings traces the vicissitudes of this perennial conflict.
Book Synopsis Geschichte Des Groteskekomischen by : Carl-Friedrich Flögel
Download or read book Geschichte Des Groteskekomischen written by Carl-Friedrich Flögel and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française and Other Recollections by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française and Other Recollections written by Arsène Houssaye and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française by : Arsène Houssaye
Download or read book Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française written by Arsène Houssaye and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Behind the Scenes of the Comédie Française: And Other Recollections I put a few more nails into my tapestry, after which I went into my wife's room. When I told her of the man in black she began to cry, and caught her child to her breast. Don't cry, I said if they wanted to arrest me they would not take the roundabout way of sending to the Elysee for me. Nevertheless as I kissed the mother and child I felt rather uneasy myself. I had not con spired against the Republic, but I frequented a circle which only cared for Napoleon on the battle field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
