Dancing King: Louis XIV's Roles in Molière's Comédies-ballets, from Court to Town
@article{Prest2001DancingKL, title={Dancing King: Louis XIV's Roles in Moli{\`e}re's Com{\'e}dies-ballets, from Court to Town}, author={Julia Prest}, journal={The Seventeenth Century}, year={2001}, volume={16}, pages={283 - 298} }
Until the second half of the twentieth century, Moliere's comedies-ballets (works which are characterized by the inclusion of music and dance and which were written to be premiered before Louis XIV and his court) remained a misunderstood and unappreciated part of his ceuvre. The situation is now gradually improving as many scholars of literature, music, dance and theatre are turning their attention towards the genre. 1 The issues at stake have gradually moved from a recognition of the merit of…
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