Book contents
- A New History of Theatre in France
- A New History of Theatre in France
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Performing Arts in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century France
- Chapter 2 Drama during the Wars of Religion
- Chapter 3 Drama before Standardization
- Chapter 4 Neo-Classical Tragedy
- Chapter 5 Molière, a Man of the Stage?
- Chapter 6 Theatres as Economic Concerns
- Chapter 7 Seventeenth-Century Printed Theatre
- Chapter 8 Non-Official Eighteenth-Century Stages
- Chapter 9 The Expanded Theatre of the French Revolution
- Chapter 10 Nineteenth-Century Melodrama, Vaudeville and Entertainment
- Chapter 11 New Approaches to Women Actors and Celebrity in Nineteenth-Century France
- Chapter 12 Extended Romanticism in the Extended Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 13 Poetry in Action, 1945–1968
- Chapter 14 Performance and Installation Art
- Chapter 15 Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Theatre Directing
- Chapter 16 Political Theatre in France (1954–2020)
- Chapter 17 Liberating Third World Theatre
- Chapter 18 Francophone Theatre-Makers in France
- Chapter 19 Migration in Modern and Contemporary Playwriting
- Chapter 20 An Interview with Éric Ruf
- Chapter 21 An Interview with Magali Mougel
- Chapter 22 An Interview with Phia Ménard
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Chapter 6 - Theatres as Economic Concerns
Molière, the Hôtel Guénégaud and the Comédie-Française
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2024
- A New History of Theatre in France
- A New History of Theatre in France
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Performing Arts in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century France
- Chapter 2 Drama during the Wars of Religion
- Chapter 3 Drama before Standardization
- Chapter 4 Neo-Classical Tragedy
- Chapter 5 Molière, a Man of the Stage?
- Chapter 6 Theatres as Economic Concerns
- Chapter 7 Seventeenth-Century Printed Theatre
- Chapter 8 Non-Official Eighteenth-Century Stages
- Chapter 9 The Expanded Theatre of the French Revolution
- Chapter 10 Nineteenth-Century Melodrama, Vaudeville and Entertainment
- Chapter 11 New Approaches to Women Actors and Celebrity in Nineteenth-Century France
- Chapter 12 Extended Romanticism in the Extended Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 13 Poetry in Action, 1945–1968
- Chapter 14 Performance and Installation Art
- Chapter 15 Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Theatre Directing
- Chapter 16 Political Theatre in France (1954–2020)
- Chapter 17 Liberating Third World Theatre
- Chapter 18 Francophone Theatre-Makers in France
- Chapter 19 Migration in Modern and Contemporary Playwriting
- Chapter 20 An Interview with Éric Ruf
- Chapter 21 An Interview with Magali Mougel
- Chapter 22 An Interview with Phia Ménard
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Jan Clarke’s chapter examines the period of Molière and his contemporaries from the perspective of theatrical establishments. Focusing on three companies – Molière’s troupe (1658–73), the Hôtel Guénégaud company (1673–80) and the Comédie-Française (from 1680 onwards) – Clarke highlights a number of interrelated factors: the prime importance of a theatre’s location within the capital; financial structures ranging from royal patronage and ticket sales to concessions, for example, for the refreshment booth, as well as theatres’ multiple expenditures, including for rent, heating, transport and above all company members’ pensions. Across the analysis, Clarke illustrates how a theatre not only provided a living for company members and their employees but also contributed to the livelihoods of myriad other associates, from the most skilled to the most humble, the majority of whom remain anonymous, while others have left only fleeting traces in contemporary documents.
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- A New History of Theatre in France , pp. 129 - 145Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024