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Théâtre Libre
a French drama theater founded in Paris in 1887 by the director A. Antoine, who headed it until it closed in 1896. Europe’s first noncommercial theater, the Theatre Libre helped popularize works by contemporary French and foreign playwrights and produced plays not allowed in state-subsidized theaters. Its productions of L. N. Tolstoy’s The Power of Darkness (1888) and Hauptmann’s The Weavers (1893) were important events in the Parisian theater. Many plays by H. Ibsen, B. Bjørnsen, G. Verga, A. Strindberg, and I. S. Turgenev had their French premier on its stage. The Theatre Libre served as a model for other theaters in France, as well as in Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, and other countries. REFERENCEGvozdev, A. A. Zapadno-evropeiskii teatr. Leningrad-Moscow, 1939.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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