Part one of a three-volume work, this text studies the Hotel Guenegaud, the first home of the Paris Opera in 1670 and the first home of the Comedie Francaise ten years later. All quotations from French sources are given in English translation.
目次
Part 1 Founding: Moliere's death and its immediate consequences
desertion
dispossession
Royal Academy of Music
Palais-Royal
Moliere and Lully
decline of the Marais
leasing of the Guenegaud
union of the troupes
Italians. Part 2 Design: location
jeux de paume
jeu de paume de la bouteille
from opera house to theatre
auditorium
stage
backstage and front-of-house facilities. Part 3 Administration: share system
company meetings
officers
daily expenses. Part 4 Production: play selection
casting and rehearsals
performance - season, day, time, ticket prices, run, private performances. Part 5 Repertory: size
premieres - machines plays
revivals - plays by Moliere, plays from the repertoire of the Marais, plays by other authors from the repertory of Moliere's troupe, plays from the repertory of the Hotel de Bourgogne, displacement, programming, continuation into the repertory of the Comedie Francaise. Part 6 Audiences: named individuals