Théâtre complet

Tome I - Les six premieres Comedies facecieuses (Le Laquais, La Vefve, Les Esprits)

By (author) Pierre de Larivey Volume editor Luigia Zilli Series edited by Charles Mazouer

Book cover: Théâtre complet

Extent: 569 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Music & Performing Arts

Series: Bibliotheque du theatre francais

Series volume number: 3

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(April 2011)

ISBN: 9782812402319

5.91 x 8.66 inches

Price: $68.00

Out of stock

Abandoning criticism of social classes and their distinctive traits, Larivey’s nine comedies, which rewrite Italian plays of the 16th century, reveal the mechanisms of relations between generations and individuals.

  • By (author) Pierre de Larivey
  • Volume editor Luigia Zilli
  • Series edited by Charles Mazouer

Review - French Les neuf comedies de Larivey, reecritures d'autant de pieces italiennes, illustrent unsavoir-fairetechnique sur la facon dont on amenage un canevas embrouille. Delaissant la critique des classes sociales et de leurs defauts distinctifs, elles devoilent les mecanismes des rapports entre les generations et entre les individus. Malgre les differentes couches linguistiques proposees par les pieces adaptees, ce corpus fixe un modele de langue comique uniforme, expression d'un pan de societe francaise a la fin du XVIsiecle.