Phèdre corrigée sous la Révolution

" Phedre " during the Revolution. After describing the changed conditions of theatrical life in France during the early years of the Revolution, and showing how revolutionary censorship corrected classical plays to make them conform with revolutionary ideology, the author studies the copy of Phèdre, corrected by hand, which the actors used for the productions of this play in 1793 and 1794 ; this unique copy is preserved in the library of the Comédie française. The author gives the original lines of Racine opposite the lines as altered by the revolutionary censor. He concludes that the corrections are fewer and less fundamental than one might have expected, and that without them it would not have been possible to present Racine's play during the Revolution.Sergi Antonino. Phèdre corrigée sous la Révolution. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°6, 1974. Lumières et Révolution. pp. 153-166