Theatre Des Varietes
Series: Theatre in focus
Publisher: Chadwyck-Healey
Published: December 1980
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK : Teaneck, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780859640633
Copyright date: 1980
Subjects: General; Drama; Plays / Drama
Description: The Théâtre des Variétés, built in 1807 on the boulevard Montmartre, is the oldest theatre building still to be used in Paris. By tracing the vicissitudes of the Variétés in its early years we hope to fill in some of the colorful picture of its historical context, showing, through this representative example, how the alternative theatre was shaped and developed in its formative years until finally it settled along the northern boulevards and drew from this location the title -- discredited today -- of théâtre de boulevard. The material is divided between the continuous narrative of the introduction and the more detailed or technical commentary accompanying the illustrations. - Foreword.
Table of contents: title: General introduction to Theatre in Focus; title: Foreword; title: Introduction to Théâtre des Variétés; title: Commentary on the illustrations; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Appendices : Literary references to Théâtre des Variétés