The Spirit of Montmartre: Cabarets, Humor and the Avant Garde, 1875-1905

ISBN-13: 9780813523248 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 249 str.

Phillip Dennis Cate; Mary Shaw; Phillip Dennis Cate

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With the Chat Noir cabaret (1881-1897) and the Quat' z 'Arts cabaret (1893-1910) as its main focus and concentrating on individuals who participated in the group activities of the Hydropathes (1878-1881) and the Incoherents (1882- 1896), this collection of five essays documents and explores the development of the Montmartre cabaret from 1875 to 1905. Montmartre is revealed as the primary promoter, catalyst, and, often, site for the collaboration of artists, writers, composers, and performers in the production of illustrated journals, books, dramatic pieces, music, puppet shows, and the protocinema invention of shadow theatre.