French Romantic theatre

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French Romantic theatre was a 19th-century dramatic movement in France that broke with classical rules by embracing emotional intensity, historical and exotic settings, and freer forms of expression, exemplified by works like Victor Hugo’s plays.

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French Romantic theatre canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romanticism in theatre ⓘ
theatrical movement ⓘ
characteristic complex, often rebellious heroes ⓘ
emphasis on strong emotion ⓘ
focus on individualism ⓘ
focus on passion and subjectivity ⓘ
freer verse forms ⓘ
interest in social and political issues ⓘ
long, rhetorical monologues ⓘ
mixing of tragic and comic tones ⓘ
rejection of the classical unities ⓘ
spectacular staging and scenery ⓘ
use of exotic settings ⓘ
use of historical settings ⓘ
country France ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
importantEvent Battle of Hernani ⓘ
premiere of Hernani ⓘ
importantEventDate 1830 ⓘ
influenced 19th-century European historical drama ⓘ
later French realist theatre ⓘ
influencedBy German Romanticism ⓘ
Gothic literature ⓘ
Shakespearean drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
medieval drama ⓘ
keyFigure Alexandre Dumas père ⓘ
linked to: Alexandre Dumas

Alfred de Musset ⓘ
Alfred de Vigny ⓘ
Casimir Delavigne ⓘ
Frédérick Lemaître ⓘ
Gérard de Nerval ⓘ
Mademoiselle Mars ⓘ
Théophile Gautier ⓘ
Victor Hugo ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainLocation Paris ⓘ
mainVenue Comédie-Française ⓘ
Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin ⓘ
Théâtre de l’Odéon ⓘ
majorWork Antony ⓘ
Chatterton ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton

Cromwell ⓘ
Hernani ⓘ
La Tour de Nesle ⓘ
Lorenzaccio ⓘ
Lucrèce Borgia ⓘ
linked to: Lucrezia Borgia

Marion Delorme ⓘ
Ruy Blas ⓘ
movementEnd late 19th century ⓘ
movementStart 1820s ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
opposedTo French classical theatre ⓘ
neoclassicism in theatre ⓘ
partOf European Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism

French Romanticism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hernani → theatricalMovement → French Romantic theatre ⓘ
Ruy Blas → movement → French Romantic theatre ⓘ