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Theaters Of Paris: The theaters of Paris are a bright galaxy, from the histrionic perfections of the Comedie Fra^aise to the displays of shapely legs and bare bosoms in the Folies Bergere and the Casino de Paris. This nakedness, be advised, is beautiful and genuinely artistic. When lesser Paris theaters want to advertise something as being really salacious they announce it as a revue nue a la mode americaine!Jonson led himself between the two kinds of the-. In 1608, when tragicomedy was in favor at >rivate theaters, Shakespeare's company took the Blackfriars Theatre, and Shakespeare, wrote tragicomedies. The Jacobean and Car-period fostered Thomas Middleton's cyni-John Ford's bitterness, and James Shirley's ness, all of which was too much for the an sensibility to stand; and so, in 1642, the ans closed the theaters.
The toy cardboard theaters immortalized in Robert Louis Stevenson's essay, Penny Plain Twopence Coloured, permit only limited action of their jointless paper players, which are moved by wires from above or from the sides of the stage. On the other hand, they allow for all sorts of scenic effects; they are theaters of scenery rather than of players. A puppet production requires long, careful preparation if the performance is to be satisfactory. |
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