A propos des écrits sur le théâtre au dix-huitième siècle by Jaëcklé-Plunian, C, McMeekin, S

“…Sean McMeekin chronicles a political war waged between a number of élite Parisian playwrights and the Comédie-Française from 1777-1791. <br/> Preface<br/> Introduction<br/> I. …”

Le Théâtre de Lélio by Forsans, O

“…Le théâtre à Paris et le théâtre selon Lélio<br/> II. La fabrique des comédies<br/> La fabrique des comédies: Préambule<br/> 5. …”

Balzac and the visual arts by Adamson, D, Adamson, D.

“…<p>The aim of this thesis is simple, yet complex: to provide a systematic analysis of Balzac's references to the visual arts, not only in the Comédie Humanine but in the apprentice novels and miscellaneous writings. …”

Il codice visivo nella composizione spettacolare della tragedia ateniese: tra teoria poetica e pratica materiale by Manlio Marinelli

“…Going through Platon’s Republic, Aristotle’s Poetics, some of Aristophane’s comedies and the ancient Scolia the author aims to reveal the tragical way of composing, in which the poets were involved both as writers and as metteur en scène.…”
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Gender and Irony in The Early Modern English Romance by Percec Dana

“…The paper discusses the ironic manner in which gender relations are often tackled in the early modern English romance, from Shakespeare’s comedies to Sidney’s pastorals or Lady Mary Wroth’s poetry. …”
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Seriality and persuasion by Alessandro Perissinotto

“…As "case studies" we use soap operas, telenovelas, situation comedies of great international relevance, but still little investigated in Italy. …”
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Des “nouveaux nouveaux-monstres” aux “héros malgré eux” : le naufrage dans le cinéma italien de Luchino Visconti aux frères Vanzina by Claire Vovelle-Guidi

“…Ainsi passe-t-on du cinéma “engagé” aux films commerciaux et à la comédie satirique, pour mettre ainsi en lumière, à travers l’évolution qu’elle illustre, celle de la société italienne.…”
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Mon portrait par Bonnat : imaginaire scénique de l’homme politique républicain by Florence Fix

“…His academic and dark style however was criticized by art critics and humourists; hence his portraits put on stage in character comedies have to be read as critics of the very people they represent and of himself as an official artist.…”
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Barbara Flaminia detta Hortensia by Francesca Simoncini

“…Endowed with excellent artistic qualities, she performed in comedies, tragicomedies, pastorals and in singing spectacles. …”
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La seconda visione. Wilde cita Balzac I by Susi Pietri

“…L’inserzione di temi e personaggi della Comédie humaine nelle proprie opere saggistiche e dialogiche risponde a una complessa strategia di “riappropriazione” dell’eredità balzachiana, attraverso l’esplorazione del potere performativo della “maschera”, l’uso sistematico di paradossi critici, la poetica del “plagio” e del “plagio vivente” in quanto “citazione a rovescio” dell’Arte da parte della Vita e viceversa. …”
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Pia Marchi Maggi by Emanuela Agostini

“…Her repertory was distinguished by brilliant comedies and pochades, written mainly by French authors of the time, which brought out her comic talent.…”
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Una «finta innocenza» by Canova, Mauro

“…In the first part of my essay, I am going to point out the influence of Erasmo’s work on Ruzante’s comedies. In the second part of my essay I am going to demostrate how Ruzante’s Orationi were influenced by Luther’s trough the relationship with German students of the University of Padua. …”
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“POISONED PROLOGUES”: CINEMA AND THEATRE ON STAGE AT RIO DE JANEIRO’S CINELÂNDIA by Luciana Corrêa de Araújo

“…The film magazines Selecta and Cinearte fought against prologues, which represented a peculiar intersection between cinema and theatre, making use of elements and strategies that will be found in film comedies and chanchadas produced from the 1930s on.…”
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Ancient Stories of Eccentric Lands: Shakespeare’s Classical Geography of the Black Sea by Monica Matei-Chesnoiu

“…The paper examines migratory motifs and allusions to the Black Sea area from the classical texts into three Shakespearean comedies and a history play. The analysis focuses on how Shakespeare used classical myth related to the Pontus Euxinus to compare, but mainly to contrast these territories with his contemporaries’ assumptions about them. …”
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Miscellany/Mélanges

“…Artur Blaim, The English robinsonade of the eighteenth century <br/> Emily Riddel Guignon, What saying is ‘about’: a speech-act reading of Diderot’s <em>Jacques le fataliste et son maître</em> <br/> Francis Beretti, Correspondance entre James Boswell et Pascal Paoli (1780-1789) <br/> Philip Robinson, La musique des comédies de Figaro: éléments de dramaturgie…”

Miscellany/Mélanges

“…Hall, The Development of Enlightenment interest in eighteenth-century Corsica <br/> Lionello Sozzi, Interprétations de Rousseau pendant la révolution <br/> Spire Pitou, The Comédie française and the Palais royal interlude of 1716-1723…”

El teatro quechua en la ciudad de Ayacucho, Perú, 1920-1950 by Alan Durston

“…They constitute an important but little known corpus of dramas and comedies whose characters are peasants from the surrounding areas. …”
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Phéniciens et Puniques sur la scène tragique et comique, en Grèce et à Rome by Corinne Bonnet

“…All in all, tragedies and comedies draw both from their immediate context, characterized by conflicts and rivalries, and from the reservoir of mythological traditions that, through the figure of Cadmos, weave links between Phoenicians and Greeks.…”
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Les images de lectrices dans les textes de fiction français du milieu du XVIIe siècle au milieu du XIXe siècle by Sandrine Aragon

“…This analysis portrays the evolution of the representation of woman readers in French Literature from the 17th to the 19th century through the "rhetorics of reading" of this female characters in more than fifty French novels and comedies. It puts back their images in the frame of the debate on female education, and draws a parallel with the contemporary (moral, pedagogical, philosophical, medical,...) discourses, in order to define which role this images played in the formation of a femal readership in France.…”
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La Traduction et la réception d’Eugène Labiche dans la Chine moderne : étude des cas de La Poudre aux yeux et Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon by Lo Shih-Lung

“…This article analyzes the translation and transmission of the comedies of the French playwright Eugene Labiche, especially his La Poudre aux yeux and Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon. …”
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