Friday, March 21, 2014

Can you please name at least two French plays released in late January of 1793?i just need names

The date you are asking about was a high point of the
French Revolution. King Louis XVI was executed in January 1793. You would think that the
people wouldn't be in the mood to go to the theater, but in searching for an answer to
your question, I was able to find one play that caused as much of a stir as the king's
death.


A week after the king's execution, the play
La Chaste Suzanne, by François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (known as
Desfontaines), opened in Paris. The play is based on the apocryphal
story of Susannah, a beautiful woman who was falsely accused of adultery by two men to
cover up their own voyeurism while she was taking a bath. It was very controversial
because of its references to nudity and sex, and it caused riots and vandalism when the
volunteer police/soldiers rebelled.


I wasn't able to find
any other French plays that were released or opened in January 1793. I did find that
Desfontaines opened another play, La fete de l'egalite, in
1794.


I hope this helps you. See the links for more
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