The People's Theater

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H. Holt, 1918 - Drama - 144 pages
 

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Page 70 - A great dramatic poet," said Goethe, "if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated by a strong, noble purpose, which pervades all his works, may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul of the people. I should think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for Napoleon, who had need of an heroic people; on which account, he said of Corneille that if he were still living he would make...
Page 70 - I should think that this was something well worth the trouble. From Corneille proceeded an influence capable of forming heroes. This was something for Napoleon, who had need of an heroic people; on which account, he said of Corneille that if he were still living he would make a prince of him. A dramatic poet who knows his vocation should therefore work incessantly at its higher development, in order that his influence on the people may be noble and beneficial.
Page 22 - Ma haine va mourir, que j'ai crue immortelle; Elle est morte , et ce cœur devient sujet fidèle ; Et prenant désormais cette haine en horreur, L'ardeur de vous servir succède à sa fureur.
Page 87 - Henry Bauer, Lucien Besnard, Maurice Bouchor, Georges Bourdon, Lucien Descaves, Robert de Fiers, Anatole France, Gustave Geffroy, Jean Jullien, Louis Lumet, Octave Mirbeau, Maurice Pottecher, Romain Rolland, Camille de Sainte-Croix, Edouard Schuré, Gabriel Trarieux, Jean Vignaud, Emile Zola.
Page 71 - As a matter of fact, they performed a mimic bombardment of the city of Lille.* But on the and of August, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety, ' desiring to mould further the sentiments and character of the French into a truer form of republicanism,' proposed a ' regulation of dramatic performances ', which 'A great dramatic poet, if he is at the same time productive, and is actuated by a strong noble purpose which pervades all his works, may succeed in making the soul of his pieces become the soul...
Page 80 - ... establish closer relations between man and man ; it is, I think, the fairest hope of our national regeneration. I mean a theatre universally of the people, echoing every thought of the people, and extending to every hamlet. . . . Before I die I wish to see a spirit of national fraternity in the theatre ... a drama simple and vigorous played throughout the countryside, where the energy of talent, the creative power which lies in the heart, and the youthful imagination of an entirely new people...
Page 68 - War! War against the English!' In 1789 Marie-Joseph Chenier dedicated his Charles IX ou 1'f.cole des Rois 'To the French Nation', with these words: Frenchmen and fellow-citizens: accept the dedication of this patriotic tragedy. I dedicate the work of a free man to a free nation. . . . Your scene ought to change with the others that have just changed. A theatre in which there are only petty females and slaves is no longer suited to a nation of men and of citizens. There was one thing lacking to your...

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