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- This Française from Burgundy was a novelist, journalist, actress and mime. Known simply as Colette, this tour de force not only brought the world Gigi, but helped discover Audrey Hepburn, whom she picked personally to play the title role in her novella’s Broadway production.
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Genre. Romance. Setting. France, 1640. Cyrano de Bergerac ( / ˌsɪrənoʊ də ˈbɜːrʒəræk, - ˈbɛər -/ SIRR-ə-noh də BUR-zhə-rak, – BAIR-, French: [siʁano d (ə) bɛʁʒəʁak]) is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. The play is a fictionalisation following the broad outlines of Cyrano de Bergerac 's life.
- Edmond Rostand
- 1897
May 16, 2023 · List of the 20 most famous French women in history. Saint Geneviève. Héloïse. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Jeanne de Clisson. Joan of Arc ( Jeanne d’Arc) Anne de Bretagne. Catherine de Medici. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal.
Apr 28, 2021 · Pierre Majek. By Laura Cappelle. Published April 28, 2021 Updated May 5, 2021. PARIS — How many women had professional careers as playwrights in prerevolutionary France, between the 16th and 18th...
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- “Le dîner de cons” (The Dinner Game) Written by Francis Veber and published in 1998, “Le dîner de cons” is the story of Pierre Brochant and his weekly “idiots’ dinner,” an event where Pierre and his well-to-do friends come together for a dinner, each with an unknowing “idiot” of their choice.
- “Le Dieu du carnage” (The God of Carnage) Written by Yasmina Reza in 2006, “Le Dieu du carnage” tells the story of two sets of parents who come together to discuss their sons.
- “Huis clos” (No Exit) Written by Jean-Paul Sartre and published in 1947, “Huis clos” is the story of three individuals—two women and one man—who all die and end up living in a room together in l’enfer (hell).
- “Le tartuffe” (The Imposter) Written by Molière in 1664, “Le Tartuffe” tells the tale of an unwelcome house guest who has enchanted the several members of a family, much to the dismay of the rest of the family.
Sep 25, 2009 · In their plays they explored issues such as divorce, the woman's right to abortion and the mother's relation to authority within the family. The first feminist theatre, the Théâtre Féministe founded in Paris in 1897 by Marya Cheliga, was emblematic of the growth of a strong feminist strand in new play-writing in France at the time.
Leading up to this time debates around a woman's role were becoming increasingly common. Mignard, artist The Stones of Paris in History and Letters. 1906. Library of Congress Digital Collections. In the 1500s the querelle des femmes, or "The Woman Question" began to be debated by intellectuals of the era. Renaissance writers and thinkers began ...
An overview of French women in history and the evolution of the French feminist movement. It includes English and French-language resources, primary sources and covers the Middle Ages, Witch Trials, Ancien Régime, Revolutionary and Modern eras in France.
