Theatre, Opera, and Audiences in Revolutionary Paris : Analysis and Repertory

R Emmet Kennedy; Marie Netter; Mark Olsen
ABC-CLIO
9780313289606
0-313-28960-3

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 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.