The Performance Of Male Nobility In Moliere's Comédies-ballets: Staging The Courtier

by Gretchen Elizabeth Smith

Grounded in the disciplines of theatre history, literary analysis, semiotics, performance study, and gender studies, this study will also be useful for scholars of French, European and early modern history and literature. It contributes much to our understanding of Moliere, the genre of the comedie-ballet, and the various layers of meaning in royal festival theater.

257 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005