Private theatre performances [ Politics & Society ]
… The show itself was a form of entertainment during which everyone played a role, whether as actor, author, or spectator. It was worldly entertainment par excellence ; society theatre was an activity perfectly adapted to sociability. Voltaire and Madame Denis, for example, offered a sumptuous feast to the spectators following the performance of one of the playwright’s tragedies at Ferney. 3 The French literary critic … did not perhaps befit their stations, but they did so with a liberty that surprised and sometimes even embarrassed their spectators. 5 Yet this apparent equality was ephemeral, lasting only as long as the performance. In theatrical …
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