Le mémoire de Mahelot: Mémoire pour la décoration des pièces qui se représentent par les Comédiens du Roi

The previously available edition of this important source of evidence that documents scenic practice in the public theatres of seventeenth-century France was prepared by Henry Carrington Lancaster in 1920 as Le Mémoire de Mahelot, Laurent et d'autres décorateurs de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne et...

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Published in:Theatre survey 2006, Vol.47 (1), p.129-131
Main Author: Muller, David G.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Entertainment technology & design
History
Kennedy, Adrienne
Nonfiction
Theater
Wilson, August
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Summary:The previously available edition of this important source of evidence that documents scenic practice in the public theatres of seventeenth-century France was prepared by Henry Carrington Lancaster in 1920 as Le Mémoire de Mahelot, Laurent et d'autres décorateurs de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne et de la Comédie Française au XVIIe siècle. If only for supplanting Lancaster's with one that will be more widely available for purchase and consultation, Pierre Pasquier's new critical edition would be an excellent resource for theatre scholarship, continuing the transmission of documentary evidence and disciplinary knowledge to future generations. However, in the eighty-six years since Lancaster's edition, the discoveries, methods, and aims of theatre scholarship have changed dramatically, and Pasquier's significant introduction, which encompasses more pages than the presentation of the Mémoire itself, is also an excellent contextual synthesis of historical work that relies on this vital manuscript (BNF, ms. 24330).
ISSN:0040-5574
1475-4533
DOI:10.1017/S0040557406300099