aug 30, 2022 - 110/ Cythera (2): amid 30 French comedies of the 18th century

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The data ‘sister-arts’ visualized in Fig.1 of the foregoing post comprised 13 theatre-entertainments (comedy or comic opera, ballet, pantomime) inspired by Cythera from 1700 to 1827, listed in the Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts 1300-1990s (1, Note 1.c). However, the CESAR database of the French theatre between 1600 and 1800 offers important complementary information (2). The Table below shows the combined results: 30 authors and 90 performances of all kinds in 10 cities. Special attention is given to the part played by Charles-Simon Favart and his company.
Table 1. Theatre entertainments celebrating love at the legendary island Cythera.
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