THTR-T 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Tragicomedy, Isabella Andreini, Alexandre Hardy
3 May 2017
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Song / dance / poetry / scenic display. Confr rie de la passion (monopoly until c. 1595) Pre-classical, not doing neo-classical, but aware of it. Hires an actress into a major company for the first time. Farces / men cross-dressing as women in older roles. All actors and actresses denied sacraments of the church and christian burial. If you die before denouncing the church, you cannot be buried in holy ground. Farceurs - pictured above at the hotel de bourgogne. Gros guillaume (fat william - a stage name) A mix of italian commedia actors and french farceurs. A painting created as a tribute to all these famous actors of the time, not of a real theatre production. Sort of like the album art for in the heights. real theatre production. Sort of like the album art for in the heights. Th tre du marais (1634) adapted from the tennis court.
