{"product_id":"women-on-the-stage-in-early-modern-france-1540-1750-hardback-9780521896757","title":"Women on the Stage in Early Modern France; 1540–1750 (Hardback) 9780521896757","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen on the Stage in Early Modern France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1540–1750\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScott presents an engaging history of the actress in early modern France, examining their invaluable contributions to French theatre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVirginia Scott (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521896757, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 July 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.67 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This enjoyable book combines scholarship with readability and makes a very significant contribution to the field of seventeenth and eighteenth-century theatrical studies.' Restoration and Eighteenth-century Theatre Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFocusing on actresses in France during the early modern period, Virginia Scott examines how the stereotype of the actress has been constructed. The study then moves beyond that stereotype to detail the reality of the personal and artistic lives of women on the French stage, from the almost unknown Marie Ferré - who signed a contract for 12 livres a year in 1545 to perform the 'antiquailles de Rome or other histories, moralities, farces, and acrobatics' in the provinces - to the queens of the eighteenth-century Paris stage, whose 'adventures' have overshadowed their artistic triumphs. The book also investigates the ways in which actresses made invaluable contributions to the development of the French theatre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and looks at the 'afterlives' of such women as Armande Béjart, Marquise Du Parc, Charlotte Desmares, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Hippolyte Clairon in biographies, plays, and films.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The actress and the anecdote\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'So perverse was her wantonness': antitheatricalism and the actress\u003cbr\u003e 3. In the beginning: 'Twelve Livres per year'\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Those diverting little ways': 1630–40\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Mademoiselle L'Étoile': 1640–1700\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Embellished by art': 1680–1720\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lives and afterlives: 1700–2010\u003cbr\u003e Works consulted.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre: individual actors \u0026amp; directors [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre: individual actors \u0026amp; directors\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre:%20individual%20actors%20\u0026amp;%20directors%20%5BANB%5D%22\"\u003eANB\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005238923544,"sku":"9780521896757","price":51.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521896757i_4e13f4fe-77bd-497b-a3a1-0ff29ee33a79.jpg?v=1691359143","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-on-the-stage-in-early-modern-france-1540-1750-hardback-9780521896757","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}