Cambridge Companion to Moliere Bradby David Paperback
Cambridge Companion to Moliere Bradby David Paperback A detailed introduction to Moli re and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and…
Specifikacia Cambridge Companion to Moliere Bradby David Paperback
Cambridge Companion to Moliere Bradby David Paperback
A detailed introduction to Moli re and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. L' cole des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L'Avare and Les Femmes savantes are examined from a variety of different viewpoints, and through the eyes of different ages and cultures. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire.
Finally, the Companion looks at modern directors' theatre, exploring the central role played by productions of The comedies-ballets, a genre invented by Moli re and his collaborators, are re-instated to the central position which they held in his oeuvre in Moli re's own lifetime; his two masterpieces in this genre, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Le Malade imaginaire, have chapters to themselves.