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Performing Arts History & Criticism

Crispin Ier

La Vie et l'œuvre de Raymond Poisson comédien-poète du XVIIe siècle

edited by A. Ross Curtis

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1972
Category
History & Criticism, Renaissance, French, General, Drama
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442637979
    Publish Date
    Dec 1972
    List Price
    $43.95

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Description

Raymond Poisson, a contemporary of Molière, was the leading comic actor with the troupe of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and later at the Comédie Française during the first five years of its existence. He popularized one of the French stage's best-loved stock characters, the impudent servant Crispin, while finding time to supply his troupe with short comedies in which he himself starred. This study is thoroughly documented and reflects the author's detailed knowledge of, and interest in, the period. It establishes Poisson's place in theatrical history, and illuminates a whole tradition in French theatre in the seventeenth century.

About the author

A. Ross Curtis is a professor emeritus of the Department of French at University College, University of Toronto.

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