Author: HOBSON, SIR HAROLD
Title: French Theatre Since 1830
Description: London, John Calder. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0714536504). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a little light foxing to top edge. Dustjacket is also VG+ and is not price clipped. 261 pages and 35 illustrations. A comprehensive history of French theatre, its successes and failures, its movements and schisms, such as that of the avant-garde and the Boulevard, its competition with the cinema. He follows the careers of its actors and actresses, directors, companies, managers, critics and playwrights from Dumas pere et fils to Beckett, Sartre, Anouilh and Duras, and reveals a wealth of information about Armand Salacrou, Louis Jouvet, Jacques Copeau, Jules Romains, Paul Claudel, Jules Renard and many others. NOT EX LIB 11. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Sartre, Anouilh, Duras, Armand Salacrou, Louis Jouvet, Jacques Copeau, Jules Romains, Paul Claudel 0714536504


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