Seating the Public
Spheres and Loathing in the Paris Theaters, 1777-1788
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8939802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey S Ravel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 173-173 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286963 |
| OpenAlex | W2324840899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
A surprising contradiction existed in the two most prestigious Parisian theaters at the beginning of the final decade of the Old Regime. While the performers of the Comedie-Fransaise and the Comedie-Italienne staged spectacles that were subsequently read and discussed throughout cosmopolitan Europe, over half the audience members at any given performance in their theaters stood for three to four hours in the pit, or parterre, watching the spectacle. Contemporaries described these viewing conditions as barbaric, feudal, and unhealthy. They pointed to the
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| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2023 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |