Theatre complet

Tome I - Tragedies

by Philippe Quinault, edited by Carine Barbafieri

Book cover: Theatre complet

Extent: 613 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: French Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Bibliotheque du theatre francais

Series volume number: 39

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 2016)

ISBN: 9782812451133

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $73.00

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Hardback (Published)

(January 2016)

ISBN: 9782812451140

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $110.00

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Before focusing exclusively on opera, Quinault wrote for theatre and, between 1658 and 1671, composed four tragedies: La Mort de Cyrus, Astrate, Pausanias, and Bellerophon. These plays deserve to be re-examined in relation to the dramatic theory and practice of the 1660s.

  • By (author) Philippe Quinault
  • Edited by Carine Barbafieri