English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… constructed dramatic tensions that captivated and projected onto the audience.’ 13 British plays also offered French authors motifs and situations they could recycle into their own plays. Texts were translated, adapted, at times even misleadingly attributed to British authors. In Le Café ou l’Écossaise (1760)—a comedy Voltaire purported had been written by David Hume’s brother—a young …
Anglomania | Audience | Emotions | Enlightenment | Friendship | Theatre | Translation
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