Theatre Timeline FrrcnchNeoclassic

Year 1518 1547-1558 1548 Event Confrerie de la Passiongiven a monopoly for krisian theatre Henry II rules ReligiousPlays hohibited Hotel de Bourgogne opens sceneryusedin weddingcelebrationof Perspective Henry II and Catherine Medici de Civil War Royal troops againstthe kotestants St. Bartholomew'sDay Massacre, hotestantskilled of Assassination Henry III Henry IV reignsBourbonking Henry IV abjureshostestantism Valleronle Comte noted theatremanager'The King's Men" Edict of Nantesequal tolerance rvith non-Catholics Farce Players (non-scriptedtheatre) Turlupin, Gaultr er-GarguiIe, Gros-GuiIIame I IV Assassinated Henry l-ouis XIII (9 years-oldat coronation)reigns Theatre du Marais opens Le Cid by Corneille Descarte's Discourse"l think thereforeI am." Richelieu'sPalarsRoyal opens Richelieu dies Maz'rrin takesover l-ouis XIV (5 years-oldat coronation)reigns hoscenium arch addedto Marais Torelli brings Italianate innovations to France Prosceniumarch addedto Bourgogne "The Fronde" civil war againstthe throne by nobility Vigarini comes to France Moliere Troupe given Palais Royal First three acts of Tartuffe performed,play closed and banned Tartuffe revised, performed and bannedagain Moliere's Thc Miser performed Thrluffe allowed performancesagain Jean-BaptisteLully given a monopoly for performances After Moliere's death Marais and his company comtined Plwedra by Racine founded,longestrunning ensemble ComedieFrancaise

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