Private theatre performances [ Politics & Society ]
… from room to stage, the makeshift actors then seamlessly reverting to guest status. Sociability was clearly at the heart of society theatricals: it was not just about making theatre, but about doing so surrounded by one’s peers, in a … it is all but impossible to document the theatricals of the lower classes, we know that members of every social stratum participated in this fashionable pastime. Society theatre was as prized in aristocratic circles as it was in bourgeois … performance of a comedy organised following a hunt. The two activities were of a rank in terms of entertainment, both part of the essential panoply of distractions for noble lords seeking escape from boredom. 1 . Dominique Quéro, ‘Les …
Aesthetics | Community | Entertainement | Taste | Theatre
Encyclopedia