Postures and impostures, or on the limits of revolution and political theatre: France, land of insurrections

Abstract

This study aims to open a space for reflection on political theatre and, in particular, on the relationships established between revolution and theatre, focusing on the revolutionary and dramaturgical background of France, a land of insurrections. The reflection also aims to review the resonances of these experiences in Catalonia. The article begins with a few brief notes on the concept of revolution and then deals with one of the manifestations in the confluence between revolution and theatre; in particular, the revolution as the plot of the dramatic work, a section focused on the study of the experience of the French Revolution (1789-1794).