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use in tragedies

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    In theatre: Developments in France and Spain

    …background for tragedies was the palais à volonté (literally “palace to order”), a neutral setting without particularized details. For comedy the typical scene was chambre à quatre portes (“room with four doors”), an informal interior. By 1700 Paris had two types of theatres, epitomized by the Opéra, with its Baroque…

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