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François Parfaict
François Parfaict, (10 May 1698 in Paris – 25 October 1753) was an 18th-century French theatre historian. His brother was Claude Parfaict (1701–1777), also a theatre historian. Their most notable works were collaborations, including ''Histoire du théâtre françois depuis son origine jusqu’à présent'' (15 volumes, 1734-1749) and ''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'' (7 volumes, 1756).''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris''1756an1767editions at Hathitrust. Works * ''Le Dénouement imprévu'', comedy, with Marivaux, 1724, in-12 * ''La Fausse suivante ou le Fourbe puni'', comedy, 1724, in-12 * ''Le Quart-d’heure amusant'', January–May 1727, in-12 * ''Étrennes calotines, par le sieur Perd-la-raison'', 1729 * ''Notes'' de l’édition des ''Bains des Thermopyles par Mlle Scudéry'', 1730, in-12 * ''Aurore et Phœbus'', 1734, in-12 * ''Agenda historique et chronologique des théâtres de Paris pour l’année 1735'', in-24 * ''Histoire générale du Théâtre fran� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Theatre
The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form and entertainment, and ''theatrical'' or ''performative'' elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens in the 5th century BC, vibrant traditions of theatre have flourished in cultures across the world. Origins There is no conclusive evidence that theater evolved from ritual, despite the similarities between the performance of ritual actions and theatre and the significance of this relationship.Cohen and Sherman (2020, ch. 7). This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle, who in his ''Poetics'' defined theatre in contrast to the performances of Greco-Roman mysteries, sacred mysteries: theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Data
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French Male Dramatists And Playwrights
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18th-century French Historians
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in Society, human society and the Natural environment, environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, History of slavery, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russian Empire, Russia and Qing dynasty, China. Western world, Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1753 Deaths
Events January–March * January 3 – King Binnya Dala of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom orders the burning of Ava, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma. * January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted; the following criminal trial causes an uproar. * February 17 – The concept of electrical telegraphy is first published in the form of a letter to ''Scots' Magazine'' from a writer who identifies himself only as "C.M.". Titled "An Expeditious Method of Conveying Intelligence", C.M. suggests that static electricity (generated by 1753 from "frictional machines") could send electric signals across wires to a receiver. Rather than the dot and dash system later used by Samuel F.B. Morse, C.M. proposes that "a set of wires equal in number to the letters of the alphabet, be extended horizontally between two given places" and that on the receiving side, "Let a ball be suspend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1698 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Province of Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England. * January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, Kingdom of England, England is destroyed by fire. * January 23 – George I of Great Britain, George Louis becomes Elector of Hanover upon the death of his father, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, Ernest Augustus. Because the widow of Ernest Augustus, George's mother Sophia of Hanover, Sophia, was heiress presumptive as the cousin of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and Anne's closest eligible heir, George will become King of Great Britain. * January 30 – William Kidd, who initially seized foreign ships under authority as a privateer for the British Empire before becoming a pirate, becomes an outlaw and uses his ship, the ''Adventure Galley'', to capture an Indian ship, the valuable ''Quedagh Merchant'', near India. * February 17 – The Maratha Confed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Place Of Death Missing
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Louis-Gabriel Michaud
Louis-Gabriel Michaud (; 19 January 1773, Castle Richemont – 8 March 1858) was a French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller. He was notable as the compiler of ''Biographie Universelle'' (1811–). Life He became a lieutenant on 15 July 1791 and joined the Zweibrücken Regiment. In 1792 he participated in the Battle of Valmy and the Battle of Jemappes. Having reached the rank of captain in the 102nd line regiment, he left the army for health reasons. In 1797, with his brother Joseph François Michaud and N. Giguet (died in 1810), he founded a (at first clandestine) printing press, specializing in books about religion and the monarchy. He was imprisoned with his brother and N. Giguet for several months in 1799 for having printed anti-Bonapartist literature. He obtained his first commission from abbot Jacques Delille, then a refugee in London, who entrusted him with his books to be printed. ''Universal Biography'' In 1802 he published a biography of many notable indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Parfaict
Claude Parfaict, (Paris, c.1701 – 26 June 1777) was a French theatre historian. Career François Parfaict's younger brother, Claude, had the same passion for the theatre as his brother. Claude's most notable works were collaborations with François, including the ''Histoire du théâtre françois depuis son origine jusqu’à présent'' (15 volumes, 1734–1749) and the ''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'' (7 volumes, 1756).''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'(1756)an1767editions at Hathitrust. He also undertook on his own a ''Dramaturgie générale, ou Dictionnaire dramatique universel'', a project that he did not implement. Through protection by Madame de Pompadour, Claude Parfaict obtained a twelve-hundred-livres pension from which he benefited until his death. The , who had the ''Lettre au public, sur la mort de MM. de Crébillon (fils), Gresset, et Parfaict'' printed in 1777, later added an essay against the actors, entitled ''Il est temps de parler'', and said i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-François Michaud
Joseph–François Michaud (; 19 June 1767 – 30 September 1839) was a French historian and publicist. Biography Michaud was born at either La Biolle or Albens in the Duchy of Savoy (then a part of the Holy Roman Empire and a possession of the Kingdom of Sardinia, King of Sardinia). He was educated at Bourg-en-Bresse, and afterwards engaged in literary work at Lyon, where the French Revolution first aroused the strong dislike of revolutionary principles which manifested itself throughout the rest of his life. In 1791 he went to Paris, where, at great risk to his own safety, he took part in editing several royalist journals. One of those was the ''Gazette universelle'' that he founded together with Pascal Boyer and Antoine Marie Cerisier. It was very successful until it was suppressed in August 1792 and its editors had to flee to escape arrest.Favre, R., ''Antoine Cerisier (1749-1828)'' in ''Dictionnaire des Journalistes (1600-1789)'', page 15/ref> In 1796 he became editor of ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
