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FONTS

French Neoclassical Theatre

Court Entertainment and Pageantry

Early Drama: Confrerie de la Passion

by: Gina D'Arco

& Jenna Pryor

  • Gained popularity from Catherine de Medicis in 1560s when she went on a 2-year tour of France
  • Similar to intermezzi in Italy and masques in England
  • Lack characters, plot development, and dialogue but share theatrical elements
  • Opposite end of the theatre spectrum- appealed to nobility
  • 1402 - Confrerie de la Passion organized in Paris to present religious plays
  • Presented drama for over a century
  • 1548 Hotel de Bourgogne became permanent location
  • First permanent theatre in Europe since Roman times
  • Before the Hotel was completed, religious plays were banned in Paris, so the Confrerie could not use the space for their own productions
  • However, they were given a monopoly on theatreical productions so other groups rented the hotel, or paid them a fee

Background: France

in 16th and 17th Centuries

  • Instability from religious war-- ended in 1594
  • Henry IV converted to Catholicism
  • non-Catholics granted equality and tolerance
  • France flourished and stabilized under Louis XIV (17th century)
  • Explored Canada and Louisiana Territory
  • Italy strong influence on politics
  • Italy strong influence on drama; neoclassical, theatre structure, scenic design
  • Italian royalty married into French royalty (Catherine de Medicis married Henry II)

Popular Theatre

Alexandre Hardy

  • During the sixteenth century professional troupes began in other parts of France
  • Influenced by Italian commedia
  • Performed farce with song and dance as well as dramatic material
  • In middle 1500's a literary group called the Pleiade was formed to further writing and culture
  • Plays based on Neoclassical models
  • Derivative plays aimed at the upper class
  • When theatre was flourishing in Spain and England, it did not fully get underway in France until 1598
  • Considered first professional French playwright
  • Lived 1572-1632
  • For 35 years, beginning in 1597, Hardy wrote several hundred plays
  • Only 34 survive
  • Used neoclassical devices
  • Messengers and five act structure
  • Paid no attention to unities of time, place and action
  • Used supernatural characters and showed violence onstage
  • Plays were probably performed at Hotel de Bourgogne

This prezi is dedicated to Jenna Pryor

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