French Classical Theatre quiz
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Where does the play Corneille adapted for Le Cid come from?
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What was a tirade on the 17th-century French stage?
Answer: A long speech
Why: Unlike a monologue spoken alone on stage, a tirade is delivered to other characters in the middle of a dialogue.
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Which cardinal had the Académie française judge Le Cid?
Answer: Richelieu
Why: Richelieu had founded the Académie française himself just two years earlier, in 1635.
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What genre label did Corneille first give Le Cid?
Answer: Tragicomedy
Why: Only from the 1648 edition of his collected works did Corneille relabel Le Cid as a tragedy.
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Which Molière comedy was banned from 1664 to 1669?
Answer: Tartuffe
Why: In 1667 the Archbishop of Paris even threatened to excommunicate anyone who performed, watched or read it.
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Which young emperor turns tyrant in Racine's Britannicus?
Answer: Nero
Why: Britannicus is the late emperor Claudius's own son, while Nero is only his adopted son through Agrippina.
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Who first performed Racine's Esther in 1689?
Answer: Schoolgirls
Why: Esther has only three acts, with choruses sung to music by Jean-Baptiste Moreau.
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