The Commedia Dell'arte in Paris, 1644-1697

by Virginia Scott

Utilizing archival and primary sources, it constructs a chronicle of the troupe's theatrical life, collects and evaluates biographical information about the actors, corrects hundreds of errors in previous scholarship, and introduces scenarios, dialogues, and stage business heretofore unavailable in English. It also traces the relationship of the troupe and the king who subsidized to - Louis X1V - and identifies a shift from personal patronage to institutionalized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813912555
• ISBN13: 9780813912554
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 459 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.