Traditions of plein air theatre productions at the court of Louis the XIVth

Authors

  • Juliya A. Filimonova Saint Petersburg Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

Abstract

The article discusses the phenomenon of plein air theatre productions in France at the court of Louis the XIVth. It represents the role of such plays in development context of new park style creation. The research is carried out on the examples of great court festivals. The final conclusions of the article try to explain why the theater building was not created at the Versailles earlier than at the times of great-grandson of Sun King Louis the XVth, although the XIVth century was a period when France gave the world culture such Titans of drama and poetry as Moliere, Racine and Boileau.

Keywords:

Louis the XIVth, theatre productions, plein air festivals

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Author Biography

Juliya A. Filimonova, Saint Petersburg Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

postgraduate

References

Литература

1. La Gorce Jérôme de. Carlo Vigarani intendant des plaisirs de Louis XIV. Versailles: Perrin, 2005. 54 p.

2. Félibien A. Les Divertissemens de Versailles, donnez par le Roy au retour de la conqueste de la Franche-Comté, en l’année 1674. URL: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8626218b.r=Felibien.langEN (дата обращения: 02.08.2012).

3. Ракова А. Л. Праздник — любимая игрушка государей // Торжества и празднества в европейской гравюре XVI–XVIII столетий из собрания Эрмитажа [каталог выставки]. СПб.: Гос. Эрмитаж, 2011. 144 с.

References

1. La Gorce Jérôme de. Carlo Vigarani intendant des plaisirs de Louis XIV. Versailles: Perrin, 2005. 54 p.

2. Félibien A. Les Divertissemens de Versailles, donnez par le Roy au retour de la conqueste de la Franche-Comté, en l’année 1674. URL: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8626218b.r=Felibien.langEN (data obrashcheniia: 02.08.2012).

3. Rakova A. L. Prazdnik — liubimaia igrushka gosudare, Torzhestva i prazdnestva v evropeiskoi graviure XVI–XVIII stoletii iz sobraniia Ermitazha [katalog vystavki]. SPb.: Gos. Ermitazh, 2011. 144 p.

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Published

2013-05-27

How to Cite

Filimonova, J. A. . (2013). Traditions of plein air theatre productions at the court of Louis the XIVth. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts, 3(2), 85–92. Retrieved from https://artsjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/2347

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Theater

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Articles of "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts" are open access distributed under the terms of the License Agreement with Saint Petersburg State University, which permits to the authors unrestricted distribution and self-archiving free of charge.