Professional Documents
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17 and 18 Century
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Theatre
…From the Sun King to David Garrick…
Theatre in 17th Century France Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Rules:
• Unities of time, place,
action
• Decorum
• Verisimilitude
• Pierre Cornielle, The Cid
(1636) – controversy
• Jean Racine, Phaedra
(1677)
Molière (1622-1673) Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org