Crispin Ier : : La Vie et l'œuvre de Raymond Poisson comédien-poète du XVIIe siècle / / ed. by A. Ross Curtis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Curtis, A. Ross,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: University of Toronto Romance Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 p.)

Raymond Poisson, a contemporary of Molière, was the leading comic actor with the troupe of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and later at the Comédie Française during the first five years of its existence. He popularized one of the French stage's best-loved stock characters, the impudent servant Crispin, while finding time to supply his troupe with short comedies in which he himself starred. This study is thoroughly documented and reflects the author's detailed knowledge of, and interest in, the period. It establishes Poisson's place in theatrical history, and illuminates a whole tradition in French theatre in the seventeenth century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Avant-propos -- Premiere Partie. La Vie de Raymond Poisson -- 1. Les trente premières années -- 2. 1660–70 -- 3. 1670–80 -- 4. 1680–5 -- 5. Les dernières années -- Deuxieme Partie. Crispin -- 6. Les portraits de Poisson et la légende de Crispin -- 7. La Contribution de Poisson à l’évolution de Crispin -- Troisieme Partie. Poisson auteur comique -- 8. Lubin ou le Sot vangé -- 9. Le Baron de la Grasse -- 10. Le Fou raisonnable -- 11. L’Après-soupé des auberges -- 12. Le Poète basque -- 13. Les Faux Moscovites -- 14. Les Femmes coquettes -- 15. La Holande malade -- 16. Les Foux divertissans -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliographie -- Notes -- Index -- Table