Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Oxford Brookes University
Article title
L’economie du luxe. L’intendance des Menus-Plaisirs du roi par Papillon de la Ferté (1756-1780)
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Dix-Huitième Siècle
Article number
-
Volume number
1
Issue number
40
First page of article
395
ISSN of journal
1760-7892
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
-
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
French. This historical article explores the economics of theatre and the production of shows in the Eighteenth Century and assesses the management of court entertainments by Denis Papillon de la Ferté. Luxury goods and entertainments were part of a political and economic strategy related to foreign affairs and commerce. I argue that if the sumptuousness of shows had to mirror how prosperous the Monarchy was that it is interesting to note that Papillon de la Ferté tried to save money as much as possible by recycling props, dresses and sets and by using fake stones or jewellery to impress.
