Overview
- Represents the first study of popular theatre in France from left to right
- Explores how theatre became central to the experience of political integration and subversion in the age of the masses
- Illuminates the intersection between theatre and political acts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History (PSTPH)
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Keywords
- History of French popular theatre
- Politics, theatre, and utopia
- State education
- Popular music
- Théâtre National Populaire
- Theatre in the provinces
- Breton plays
- Pierre Corneille
- Henri Ghéon
- Léon Chancerel
- Catholic popular theatre
- Anarchist theatre
- The Belle Époque
- Théâtre d’Art Social
- Théâtre Civique
- Romain Rolland
- Commemoration of the First World War
- Théâtre de la Révolution
Table of contents (8 chapters)
Reviews
“Popular Theatre and Political Utopia gives us both telling vignettes and a broad overview of theatre that sought collective transcendence during the Third Republic. By doing so, it sheds light on a vast realm of performances that is rarely mapped out in works this comprehensive or this richly researched.” (Cary Hollinshead-Strick, H-France Review, Vol. 18 (230), December, 2018)
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Book Title: Popular Theatre and Political Utopia in France, 1870—1940
Book Subtitle: Active Citizens
Authors: Jessica Wardhaugh
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59855-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59854-7Published: 08 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95589-3Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59855-4Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 357
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies