Shownotes
Episode 71
The continuation of the story of Renaissance theatre in France.
The rise of the two theatres in Paris as travelling players were at last allowed to perform in the city.
Antoine de Montchrestien and his version of Greek tragedy.
The three farceurs Henri Legrand, Robert Guerin, and Hugues Gueru who made the Theatre du Bourgogne the venue in Paris for comedy.
The development of the Theatre du Bourgogne under the management of Valeran le Conte and the establishment of ‘Comediens Du Roi’.
The emergence of Alexandre Hardy and his prolific life as a playwright.
A life in the theatre for the actors of the time
Theophile Viaud and Jean Mairet - champions of the Aristotelian stage
Jean du Rotrou the last French renaissance playwright
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