Apron stage

A Lever de rideau (French for drawing the curtain ) is in the French theater a short, little challenging play, which is listed as a prelude before the main part of a presentation, usually on the proscenium, that part of the stage, the front of the curtain is. The term was first used in 1826 in this sense.

Lever de rideau as especially Proverbes were played dramatiques, which are small pieces that explain proverbs or general principles of life and are illustrated.

Even today this term is used primarily as a title:

  • Lever de Rideau is the title of several music albums, including Mafia Trece,
  • Le lever de rideau is the title of a film by Jean -Pierre Marchand with Serge Gainsbourg (1973 )
  • Lever De Rideau: Histoire Des Théâtres Privés De Paris is the title of a book by Jean -Paul Caracalla, publishing Denoël, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-207-24155-6,
  • Lever de Rideau - the scene of the curtain is the title of a lecture performance by Sibylle Peters and Gabriele Brandstetter (2004),
  • In Peacock, the piece " L'affaire de la rue de Lourcine » Eugène Marin Labiche of the lever de rideau " Vingt -Six " performed by Georges Courteline ( 2006),
  • Un Lever de rideau is the title of a short film by François Ozon (2006).
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