Shakespeare Goes to ParisA&C Black, 2005 M02 1 - 270 páginas It has sometimes been assumed that the difficulty of translating Shakespeare into French has meant that he has had little influence in France. Shakespeare Goes to Paris proves the opposite. Virtually unknown in France in his lifetime, and for well over a hundred years after his death, Shakespeare was discovered in the first half of the eighteenth century, as part of a growing French interest in England. Since then, Shakespeare's impact in France has been enormous. Writers, from Voltaire to Gide, found themsleves baffled, frustrated, mesmerised but overawed by a playwright who broke all the rules of French classical theatre and challenged the primacy of French culture. Attempts to tame and translate him alternated with uncritical idolisation, such as that of Berlioz and Hugo. Changing attitudes to Shakespeare have also been an index of French self-esteem, as John Pemble shows in his sparkingly written book |
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... Theatre ( it was not yet ' National ' ) to Paris . Following the extraordinary privilege of performing Hamlet at the Queen's Theatre in London's Shaftesbury Avenue , had come the even more extraordinary Preface.
... Theatre ( it was not yet ' National ' ) to Paris . Following the extraordinary privilege of performing Hamlet at the Queen's Theatre in London's Shaftesbury Avenue , had come the even more extraordinary Preface.
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... theatre this had been ) . The building was already doomed . Soon it would be gutted , internally rebuilt , and rebaptised as the théâtre de la Ville . But for the time being it was intact , a mansion of thespian spectres and ...
... theatre this had been ) . The building was already doomed . Soon it would be gutted , internally rebuilt , and rebaptised as the théâtre de la Ville . But for the time being it was intact , a mansion of thespian spectres and ...
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... Theatre Collection , in the Bodleian Library , and in the British Library who helped me during the later stages of research and writing . I am grateful , too , to Neil Curtis and Mike Craig at the Queen Mother Library , University of ...
... Theatre Collection , in the Bodleian Library , and in the British Library who helped me during the later stages of research and writing . I am grateful , too , to Neil Curtis and Mike Craig at the Queen Mother Library , University of ...
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... theatre . For the theatre was Voltaire's passion . While in London he spent many evenings at Drury Lane , as the guest of Colley Cibber the poet . Night after night his small trim figure could be seen in the pit , closely following the ...
... theatre . For the theatre was Voltaire's passion . While in London he spent many evenings at Drury Lane , as the guest of Colley Cibber the poet . Night after night his small trim figure could be seen in the pit , closely following the ...
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... theatre , ' retorted Voltaire , ' they'd make a better job of it . ' The English demeaned themselves by remaining attached to this clod - hopping primitive . ' I still can't understand ' , he wrote to d'Alembert , ' how a nation which ...
... theatre , ' retorted Voltaire , ' they'd make a better job of it . ' The English demeaned themselves by remaining attached to this clod - hopping primitive . ' I still can't understand ' , he wrote to d'Alembert , ' how a nation which ...
Contenido
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2 A Genius in the Kingdom of Taste | 17 |
3 Stranger within the Gates | 43 |
4 A Story without an Ending | 69 |
5 Desdemonas Handkerchief | 93 |
6 His Hour upon the Stage | 119 |
7 The Trumpets of Fortinbras | 141 |
8 Waiting for Shakespeare | 165 |
9 The Metamorphosis of Envy | 185 |
Notes | 209 |
Index | 231 |
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