Twelve TYA companies answered a survey on why parents and teachers bring young people to theatre ... more Twelve TYA companies answered a survey on why parents and teachers bring young people to theatre productions.American Alliance for Theatre and Educatio
This paper (revised for publication) was initially presented at a Mid-America Theatre Conference ... more This paper (revised for publication) was initially presented at a Mid-America Theatre Conference Directing Symposium in Kansas City, MO in 1991.
Jean Jullien 's La Serenade, subtitled "A Bourgeois Study," ushered in a unique Fre... more Jean Jullien 's La Serenade, subtitled "A Bourgeois Study," ushered in a unique French drame later labeled comedie rosse. 1 The play opened two days before Christmas in 1887, nine months after Antoine established the Theatre Libre as the first independent theatre in Europe. Antoine wrote that La Serenade, "written with the novelty and daring of an unusual comic form, stimulated both astonishment and genuine interest .... Jullien's play clearly caused a sensation; his comedy of middle-class life is said to herald a new and original talent. .. 2 Other playwrights followed Jullien's example to the point where comedie rosse was proclaimed the" genre Theatre Libre ... 3 In his attempt to surpass Henri Becque, considered France's father of naturalism, Jullien took his trallche de vie to its extremes. His work violated both dramatic conventions, sparking a debate which blurred the issues of naturalism, and French notions of decorum and honneur. As a result critics not only questioned his literary motives, but his pessimistic portrayal of Parisian life lost favor as well, while in America Jullien's violations of sexual and moral codes ruled out any immediate possibility of stage production' Partly for this reason, his work was denied wide recognition abroad. In addition, the English translation of La Serenade failed to capture the full potency of French rosserie. 5 Jullien crystallized the dramatic principles of naturalism in 1892 in his book Le Theatre Vivant. Here he explained the style and structure which he sought in La Serenade:
Twelve TYA companies answered a survey on why parents and teachers bring young people to theatre ... more Twelve TYA companies answered a survey on why parents and teachers bring young people to theatre productions.American Alliance for Theatre and Educatio
This paper (revised for publication) was initially presented at a Mid-America Theatre Conference ... more This paper (revised for publication) was initially presented at a Mid-America Theatre Conference Directing Symposium in Kansas City, MO in 1991.
Jean Jullien 's La Serenade, subtitled "A Bourgeois Study," ushered in a unique Fre... more Jean Jullien 's La Serenade, subtitled "A Bourgeois Study," ushered in a unique French drame later labeled comedie rosse. 1 The play opened two days before Christmas in 1887, nine months after Antoine established the Theatre Libre as the first independent theatre in Europe. Antoine wrote that La Serenade, "written with the novelty and daring of an unusual comic form, stimulated both astonishment and genuine interest .... Jullien's play clearly caused a sensation; his comedy of middle-class life is said to herald a new and original talent. .. 2 Other playwrights followed Jullien's example to the point where comedie rosse was proclaimed the" genre Theatre Libre ... 3 In his attempt to surpass Henri Becque, considered France's father of naturalism, Jullien took his trallche de vie to its extremes. His work violated both dramatic conventions, sparking a debate which blurred the issues of naturalism, and French notions of decorum and honneur. As a result critics not only questioned his literary motives, but his pessimistic portrayal of Parisian life lost favor as well, while in America Jullien's violations of sexual and moral codes ruled out any immediate possibility of stage production' Partly for this reason, his work was denied wide recognition abroad. In addition, the English translation of La Serenade failed to capture the full potency of French rosserie. 5 Jullien crystallized the dramatic principles of naturalism in 1892 in his book Le Theatre Vivant. Here he explained the style and structure which he sought in La Serenade:
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