Concepts_in_French_Neo-classical_Theater

Concepts in French Neo-classical Theater French neoclassic theatre was heavily influenced by Italian neoclassic theatre. Early Paris theaters such as the Theatre du Marais where converted tennis courts. In 1641 the Italian influence showed its first signs theater architecture when Cardinal Richelieu erected the Palais Cardinal, the first proscenium arch stage in France. Soon after all the theaters in Paris where converted to proscenium arch stages. The French did add a twist to Italian proscenium set up by adding and undivided gallery along the back wall opposite the stage with bleacher like seating. The other difference was the addition of special seating on stage for the French aristocracy. The scenery in French Neoclassic theatre was even more influenced by the Italians. So taken where the French with Italian scenic effects that influential Italian designer, such as Giacomo Torelli and Gaspare Vigarani where brought in to design and install scenery. Most French theatre employed Torelli’s pole and chariot system for scene shifting and for more elaborate seating such a device to fly the royal box in on stage at the Salle des Machines. In the field of dramaturgy the French critics at the academy held plays strictly to the neoclassical rules set forth by the Italian french, theatre, italian, rules, stage, costumes, time, seating, proscenium, play, neoclassical, neoclassic, influenced, critics, verisimilitude, troupes, theaters, theater, should, set, scenery, plays, paris, king, first, decorum, corneille, converted, cardinal, arch, action, xiv, writing, well-made, wall, vigarani, until, unities, undivided, twist, troup, torelli’s, torelli, timepieces, theatre, early, tennis, taken, system, subsidize, stung