The drama of fallen France
Subtitle: reading la comédie sans tickets
By: Kenneth Krauss.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: French drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Government, Resistance to, in literature.; Theater -- France -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Theater and the war.; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Description: "The Drama of Fallen France examines various dramatic works written and/or produced in Paris during the four years of Nazi occupation and explains what they may have meant to their original audiences. Because of widespread financial support from the new French government at Vichy, the former French capital underwent a renaissance of theatre during this period, and both the public playhouses and the private theatres provided an amazing array of new productions and revivals. In examining French culture under the Vichy regime and the Nazis, Kenneth Krauss links the politics of gender and sexuality with the more traditional political concepts of collaboration and resistance."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.