Medieval roles for modern times : theater and the battle for the French Republic /

"Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Solterer, Helen
Other Authors:	Cohen, Gustave, 1879-1958
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Theater > France > History > 20th century. Theater and society > France > History > 20th century. Theater > Political aspects > France > History > 20th century. France > Politics and government > 20th century. Arts and society.

Table of Contents:

French mysteries and Russian miracles: role-playing, the Great War, and Bolshevik Revolution, 1905-1925
Gustave Cohen and the theater of belonging to France: Paris, 1933-1935
The Théophilien troupe's coming of age: Paris, 1935-1939
Theatrical double jeopardy: Paris, 1939-1944
La France âEternelle in American exile: New York, 1941-1944
Moussa Abadi and playing for life: Nice, 1943-1944
Epilogue
Postwar dramas: Paris, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, 1944-1952.