The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . THE THEATRES. 413 the spectators, upon whom they were dependent for their success,had increased in like proportion. Just before the Revolution, all thetheatres were thronged, night after night, by the Parisians, who caredmore for the theatre than for any other form of amusement. Thistendency of the French mind was observable throughout the wholeof the 18th century, and the origin of the taste for the drama mayperhaps be ascribed to the teaching of the Jesuits, who taught their. Fiff, 276.—A tailpiece. pupils to pl
The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . THE THEATRES. 413 the spectators, upon whom they were dependent for their success,had increased in like proportion. Just before the Revolution, all thetheatres were thronged, night after night, by the Parisians, who caredmore for the theatre than for any other form of amusement. Thistendency of the French mind was observable throughout the wholeof the 18th century, and the origin of the taste for the drama mayperhaps be ascribed to the teaching of the Jesuits, who taught their. Fiff, 276.—A tailpiece. pupils to play tragic and comic parts in representations whichnaturally impressed them with a liking for the theatre. Madame deMaintenon, even, had encouraged the taste, by asking Racine towrite a tragedy for the royal institution at St. Cyr, as also did thegreat noblemen and the members of the Royal family. We havealready mentioned that the Duchesse du Maine had a private theatrein her Chateau at Sceaux, in which only mythological and romanticpieces were played. After the Regency, it became the fashion amongst the wealthyfinanciers and the leading bourgeois to have their private theatre. 4:4 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. When Voltaire settled in exile at Ferney, he determined to have atheatre, and it was so well arranged that there was no exaggerationin saying that tragedy was played there better than at Paris. LouisXV., morose as he was, was prevailed upon to permit the construc-tion of a private theatre at Versailles, and to take a part in one ortwo pieces (1747
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