Dramatis Personae Archive / Programme / Chronology (1600-1850)
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1. La Danse
Personae |
Dates |
Selected Works |
Contributions |
| Baron, Auguste Aliexis Floreal | 1974-1862 |
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| Beauchamps, Pierre | 1636-1705 |
Director of the Academia Royale de Danse, 1661. | |
| Bonnet, Jacques | 1644-1724 |
Dance theoriest and the first dance historian. Portrait. | |
| Cahusac, Louis de | 1706-1759 |
La Danse ancienne et moderne (1754) |
Librettist best known for his collaborations with Rameau. |
| Essex | |||
| Feuillet, Raoul Auger | 1675-1710 |
Other resource. | |
| Gallini, Giovani | 1728-1805 |
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| Pecour | |||
| Pemberton | |||
| Rameau, Pierre | 1674-1748 |
Modified the Feuillet-Beauchamps dance notation to produce what we now know as modern choreography. | |
| Tomlinson | |||
| Weaver, John | 1673-1760 |
Translated feuillet's Choregraphie into English as the Orchesography, 1706. |
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2. Le Théâtre
Personae |
Dates |
Selected Works |
Contributions |
| Boyer | 1618-1698 |
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| Corneille, Pierre | 1606-1684 |
First great tragedian in France. Portrait (French), Portrait (English). | |
| Dorat | |||
| Marivaux, Pierre de Carlet | 1688-1763 |
Premier comic playwright of eighteenth-century France, whose artistry with sentimental language now bears the name marivaudage. Portrait (French). | |
| Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin | 1622-1673 |
Court playwright under Louis XIV and collaborator of Corneille and Lully. Portrait. | |
| Racine, Jean | 1639-1699 |
Known as the greatest tragedian in France. Portrait. | |
| Shakespeare, William | 1564-1616 |
Hamlet (1600) |
Greatest classical British playwright and author. |
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3. La théorie Du jeu
Personae |
Dates |
Selected Works |
Contributions |
| Aristotle | 384-332 |
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| Bernhardt, Sarah | 1844-1933 |
Known as "The Divine Sarah." Pioneered what we now know as modern acting method. She famously played Racine's Phedre and Shakespeare's Hamlet, establishing herself as the premier actress of 19th-century Europe. Other resource. | |
| Constantini, Angelo | 1654-1694 |
La Vie de Scaramouche (1699) |
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| Diderot, Denis | 1713-1784 |
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| Scaramouche (a.k.a. Tiberio Fiorilli) | 1608-1694 |
Legendary stock character of teh commedia dell'arte created by teh most famous Italian actor of the day, Tiberio Fiorilli. Fiorilli helped popularize the physical style of the commedia in France, influencing Moliere. Other resource. |
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4. L'image de Lacteur
Personae |
Dates |
Selected Works |
Contributions |
| Callot, Jacques | 1592-1635 |
Resource 1. Resource 2. | |
| Nadar, Felix (Garspard-Felix, Tournachon) | 1820-1910 |
Toward the end of his career in portaiture, he took what would become the most famous photos of Sarah Bernhardt. Aside from "The Divine Sarah", he also caputured George Sand, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire in draggeurotype. Portrait 1. Portrait 2. | |
| Watteau, Antoine | 1684-1721 |
French Rococo artist who pioneered a graceful mood in his paintings of commedia figures and outdoor gatherings, which became known as fete galante. Other resource. |
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5. La Musique
Personae |
Dates |
Selected Works |
Contributions |
| Benserade, Isaac de | 1613-1691 |
Portrait. | |
| Charpentier | |||
| DeSercy | |||
| Lully, Jean-Baptiste | 1632-1687 |
Portrait. | |
| Philidor | 1726-1795 |
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| Rameau |
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