Monday, February 28, 2005

Th��tre-libre

(French: Free Theatre), independent, private theatre founded in Paris in 1887 by Andr� Antoine, which became the proving ground for the new naturalistic drama. Antoine, an amateur actor, was influenced by the naturalistic novels of �mile Zola and by the theatrical realism of the Meiningen Company. Antoine believed that environment shaped character and behaviour, and he

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