Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: FRENCH THEATER AND THE EUROPEAN COURTS -- 1: The European Space of French Theater -- 2: A Europe-Wide Labor Market -- 3: Onstage -- 4: Behind the Scenes -- PART II: FROM THE ARMY THEATER TO CULTURAL IMPERIALISM -- 5: Gallantry and Soft Power -- 6: A Theater in Geneva? -- 7: Exporting Revolution? -- 8: Theater and Acculturation in the Annexed Departments -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Recent Winners of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize
Summary
"By examining the presence of French companies of actors in a wide set of courts and cities throughout Europe, this book uncovers the complex mechanisms underpinning the dissemination of French culture during the long eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher
Notes
Translated from the original French into English
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2021)