Lieux et milieux dans le Théâtre de Béziers (XVIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…Domestics, numerous in comedies, include rakish valets and loose chambermaids. …”
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Green Worlds: Shakespeare’s Plays and Early Modern Imagery by Anne-Marie COSTANTINI-CORNEDE

“…Shakespeare’s worlds, even in the very heart of pastoral comedies (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It or The Tempest), reveal the same propensity to oscillate between the lightness of ‘gay green’ and the darker, disquieting vein of ‘lost green’. …”
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Szwejk, piwo i knedliki – stereotypy o Czechach w polskiej przestrzeni publicznej (na wybranych przykładach) by Joanna Korbut

“…The analysis showed that Poles look at the Czechs through the prism of humorous and comedic tradition, that is why stereotypes are full of references to the Czech sense of humour, soldier Švejk or Czech comedies. In Poland Hašek’s protagonist Josef Švejk became synonymous with a Czech – cowardly, carefree, valuing peace, fond of alcohol, and his ‘survival at all costs’ strategy could be both alluring and repulsive. …”
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Wygląd Zenobii w Historia Augusta: asocjacje i inspiracje by Radosław Domazet

“…Moreover, what has not been noticed in the literature before is that Zenobia's appearance resembles that of Giddenis, a woman from one of Plautus' comedies (Pl. Poen. 1112–1113). Therefore, this article is not only important with regards to research concerning the female body in antiquity, but it also draws attention to the previously unexplored influence of Plautus on the Historia Augusta.…”
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Myth and Biblical Imagery in De Profundis by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…De la même façon que le théâtre de boulevard français représente la base thématique de la composition des comédies de société d’Oscar Wilde, l’imaginaire biblique doit être considéré comme une source d’inspiration essentielle pour des reformulations ultérieures dans son œuvre, caractérisées par l’influence et la subversion de textes originaux. …”
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Shakespeare revived in contemporary canadian drama by Rüdiger Ahrens

“…Ces pièces illustrent la variété de l’influence shakespearienne sur la scène canadienne qui peut se vanter d’autres pièces remarquables comme Fortune and Men’s Eyes de John Herbert (1967), qui reprend le sujet des relations hommes-femmes avec ses références aux Sonnets et à The Taming of the Shrew, la comédie de John Murrel Gertrude and Ophelia (1987), qui est fondée sur les répercussions psychologiques et sociales du féminisme et du racisme, comme c’est le cas dans Harlem Duet de Jane Sears (1997). …”
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The French Actor on the London Stage: Charles Fechter by Catherine Quirk

“…He began his stage career in Paris, first achieving success in amateur circles before joining the Comédie Française. Having taught himself more or less fluent English, he returned to London in 1860, performing at the Princess’s before taking over the lease of the Lyceum in 1862. …”
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Jean-Philippe Luis, L’ivresse de la fortune. A.M. Aguado, un génie des affaires by Claude Morange

“…Libro denso y muy documentado, pero accesible para el simple curioso de la Europa posnapoleónica, que verá desfilar por sus páginas cantidad de personajes españoles y franceses, desde la Andalucía de finales del siglo xviii hasta el París tan contrastado de La Comédie humaine, entre capitalismo conquistador y elitismo romántico.…”
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