Popular Theatre and Political Utopia in France, 1870-1940

Represents the first study of popular theatre in France from left to right
Explores how theatre became central to the experience of political integration and subversion in the age of the masses
Illuminates the intersection between theatre and political acts

Represents the first study of popular theatre in France from left to right Explores how theatre became central to the experience of political integration and subversion in the age of the masses Illuminates the intersection between theatre and political acts Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Jessica Wardhaugh is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, UK, where she researches and teaches on French politics and culture. Her first monograph with Palgrave (2009) was a study of street politics in 1930s France. She has also edited books on Paris and the Right, and politics and the individual.

Zusammenfassung
Represents the first study of popular theatre in France from left to right
Explores how theatre became central to the experience of political integration and subversion in the age of the masses
Illuminates the intersection between theatre and political acts

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Citizens of Utopia: Popular Theatre and the Republican State.- 3. Folk Art, Faith, and Nationalism: Popular Theatre in the Provinces.- 4. Beyond the Peuple Fidèle: Catholic Theatre and the Masses.- 5. Anarchist Theatre in the Belle Époque: The Beauty of Revolt.- 6. The Art of Revolution, from Romain Rolland to Communist Agit-Prop.- 7. The Art of Counter-Revolution, from Royalist Satire to Fascist Mass Spectacle.- 8. Conclusion.