The Dramatic Criticism of Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchesse D'Orleans: With an Annotated Chronology of Performances of the Popular and Court Theatres in F

by Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz, William S. Brooks, Philip John Yarrow

This volume has been reconstructed from her letters - Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans, the second wife of the king's brother, left a voluminous correspondence. Through her forthright attitude, set against the context of the sometimes mealymouthed French court and French society of 1671-1722, we can learn much about the successes and failures, quarrels and crises in the theatre, about the hostility of the Church, and the actors, actresses and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773488340
• ISBN13: 9780773488342
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 366 Pages