Annotation
An outline of French drama (theatre of the Middle Ages, classical theatre, bourgeois drama, boulevard theatre, romantic drama). A detailed look at 2Oth-century drama; Naturalism and Symbolism in drama (Jarry, Cocteau, Antoine, Artaud), theatre and myth (Cocteau, Giraudoux, Anouilh), committed theatre (Sartre, Camus), new theatre (Beckett, Ionesco, Vian, Adamov).
J. Vilar's famous theatre stages and festivals. Theatre policy in France.