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Medieval roles for modern times : theater and the battle for the French Republic
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"Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, a...
"Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Helen Solterer
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
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- xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780271036144, 0271036141
- OCLC
- ocn424333650
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- French mysteries and Russian miracles: role-playing, the Great War, and Bolshevik Revolution, 1905-1925 -- Gustave Cohen and the theater of belonging to France: Paris, 1933-1935 -- The Théophilien troupe's coming of age: Paris, 1935-1939 -- Theatrical double jeopardy: Paris, 1939-1944 -- La France âEternelle in American exile: New York, 1941-1944 -- Moussa Abadi and playing for life: Nice, 1943-1944 -- Epilogue -- Postwar dramas: Paris, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, 1944-1952