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Theatre, Opera, and Audiences in Revolutionary Paris: Analysis and Repertory (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
Theatre Opera and Audiences in Revolutionary Paris Analysis and Repertory - Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies Author:Emmet Kennedy, Marie-Laurence Netter, James P. McGregor, Mark V. Olsen 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 ... 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.« less