ILLUSION ET FOLIE CHEZ LES VALETS DE COMÉDIE AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE
ILLUSION AND MADNESS AMONG COMEDY VALETS IN THE 18TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The condition of the valet in the French theater of the XVIIIth century stands under the sign of the social disorders that characterized this period. Although originally built this type of character the role of arousing the comic on stage in the XVIII century comes to give voice to social grievances. For this reason these replicas can be considered examples of illusions or insanity of a social category devoid of any rights. By the voice of the valet, be it Crispin, Frontin, Arlequin, on the big scenes are told in truths that society did not dare to speak freely.

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