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Medieval roles for modern times : theater and the battle for the French Republic / Helen Solterer.

Publication | Library Call Number: PN2635 .S65 2010

"Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Provided by publisher.

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Format
Book
Author/Creator
Solterer, Helen.
Published
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010
Locale
France
Language
English

About This Publication

Physical Description
xi, 287 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
French mysteries and Russian miracles: role-playing, the Great War, and Bolshevik Revolution, 1905-1925
Gustave Cohen and the theater of belonging to France: Paris, 1933-1935
The Théophilien troupe's coming of age: Paris, 1935-1939
Theatrical double jeopardy: Paris, 1939-1944
La France âEternelle in American exile: New York, 1941-1944
Moussa Abadi and playing for life: Nice, 1943-1944
Epilogue
Postwar dramas: Paris, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, 1944-1952.
Other Authors/Editors
Cohen, Gustave, 1879-1958.
ISBN
9780271036144
0271036141 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
French mysteries and Russian miracles: role-playing, the Great War, and Bolshevik Revolution, 1905-1925 -- Gustave Cohen and the theater of belonging to France: Paris, 1933-1935 -- The Théophilien troupe's coming of age: Paris, 1935-1939 -- Theatrical double jeopardy: Paris, 1939-1944 -- La France âEternelle in American exile: New York, 1941-1944 -- Moussa Abadi and playing for life: Nice, 1943-1944 -- Epilogue -- Postwar dramas: Paris, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, 1944-1952.

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