CHAPTER 10

ITALY AND FRANCE IN THE 18TH CENTURY

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ITALIAN SCENIC DESIGN

    1. THE BIBIENA FAMILY
      1. MOST INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS
      2. MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
        1. Scena Per Angolo, angled perspective
        2. Made scale settings larger
      3. OVERALL EFFECT
    2. FILIPPO JUVARRA
      1. THE EXPLOITING OF SCENA PER ANGOLO
III. ITALIAN DRAMA
    1. THE RISE OF SENTIMENTALISM
    2. CARLO GOLDONI
      1. COMIC THETAER ATTACKS COMMEDIA DEL ARTE
        1. abandoning of masks
        2. better stage speech
        3. substituted subjects based on life for the conventionalized situations of commedia
        4. no longer wants fantasy and non-realism
    1. CARLO GOZZI
      1. COUNTERATTACK ON GOLDONI
        1. "fiabe", satiric fairy tales written for commedia masks
      2. WORKS
        1. THE TURANDOT
        2. THE MAGIC BIRD
IV. FRENCH DRAMA
    1. JOSEPH LAGRANGE-CHANCEL
    2. VOLTAIRE
    3. DANCOURT
      1. WORKS
        1. THE FASHIONABLE GENTLEMAN
        2. THE FASHIONABLE MIDDLE-CLASS WOMAN
      2. OBSESSION WITH MIDDLE CLASS REFLECT THEIR RISE IN THE THEATER
    4. REGNARD
    5. TREND TOWARD SENTAMENTALISM
    6. MARIVAUX
      1. marivaudage
    7. LACHAISSE
      1. COMDIE LARMOYANTE, tearful comedy
    8. DENIS DIDEROT
      1. PARADOXE SUR LE COMEDIEN, mechanical approach to acting
    9. BEAMARCHAIS

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      1 WORKS

        1. THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
        2. THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
V. PARISIAN ACTING TROUPES, STYLE, ARCHITECTURE AND COSTUMES

VI. CONCLUSION