Parades and Proverbs - Eight Plays (Paperback)

These eight short plays by Louis Carmontelle, Thomas Gueulette, Jan Potocki, and Russian Empress Catherine II the Great (of all people ) were all the rage in eighteenth-century France--short skits that could easily be performed by amateur companies. Since they weren't writing "literature," the authors of these pieces could create anything without adhering to the "dramatic rules." And invent they did Bawdy, even obscene humor permeates many of these works. All of them are wacky, anything-for-a-laugh comedies with little or no attention paid to logic, plots, or themes--just a series of zany, lewd, funny actions near enough to reality to be slightly discomfiting to the popular audiences who loved them. And they still remain as sidesplitting today as they were 200 years ago

General

Imprint:	Borgo Press,The
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	May 2013
Authors:	Jan, Hrabia Potocki • Russian Empress Catherine the Great
Editors:	Frank J. Morlock
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-1-4794-0101-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4794-0101-3
Barcode:	9781479401017

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