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François II, roi de France

François II, roi de France

Hénault, Charles-Jean-François
Wynn, Thomas

Paperback

Series: Mhra Critical Texts, Book 8

Literary CriticismPlays

ISBN10: 0947623671
ISBN13: 9780947623678
Publisher: Texts and Translations
Published: Oct 20 2006
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: French

Today the Président Hénault (1685-1770) is perhaps best remembered for his Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France. In addition, this académicien wrote several plays including François II, roi de France, a five-act tragedy depicting 'la jalousie des princes de sang contre messieurs de Guise'. First published in 1747, the play was considered by Hénault and his contemporaries to be the first of a new kind of theatre, one written specifically to be read rather than to be performed. It is therefore arguably the founding text of the tradition of armchair theatre that encompasses Diderot, Rétif de la Bretonne, Musset and Hugo. It is a work that mediates between the page and the stage at a time of unprecedented investment by actors, architects and playwrights alike in the material theatre apparatus. Despite François II's historical, literary and cultural significance, this important text has not been published for over two centuries.

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