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xi Illustrations Map of French cities featuring public theaters c. 1789 16 Interior of a jeu de paume c. 1630s 23 Exterior of the Lille theater of 1787 28 Shareholders in the theater-building society of Le Mans, 1777 30 Initial map of the new neighborhood around the Nantes theater, early 1780s 41 Lyon theater of 1756, designed by Soufflot 48 Grand Théâtre of Bordeaux, inaugurated in 1780 50 Façade of the theater of Châlons-sur-Marne 53 Overhead view of the ground floor of the Bordeaux playhouse 59 Itinerant theater troupe entering the city of Le Mans 100 Advertisement for a theatrical performance in Valenciennes, 1775 124 Royal actor Henri-Louis Lekain 154 Interior view of the Reims playhouse 164 Interior view of the Bordeaux theater showing the audience 170 Map of cities in Saint-Domingue featuring public theaters c. 1789 197 ...

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