The Contested Parterre
Subtitle: Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780801435447
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Political science & theory; Social history; Theatre, drama; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History; France - History; Theater; Theater audiences; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; France; Paris; Continental European; Europe - France; Theater - History & Criticism; Theater - General; 17th century; 18th century
First sentence: Observers in the eighteenth century and after have often associated the world of the three privileged theaters, the Comédie-Française, the Comédie-Italienne, and the Académie royale de musique, or the Opera, with the court at Versailles.