Georges-Jacques Danton
Standard Name: Danton, Georges-Jacques
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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Textual Features | Elizabeth Moody | Personal matters mingle with others of public or topical interest, as EM
addresses Joseph Priestley
on the inter-relation of matter and spirit, Marie Antoinette
on her sufferings before her execution, and Dr Thomas Huet
on... |
Literary Setting | Hilary Mantel | The novel takes place in Paris, primarily during the years of the revolution, beginning from 1787, when, as HM
sees it, three men, Camille Desmoulins
, Maximilien Robespierre
, and Georges-Jacques Danton
, seized... |
Textual Production | Pam Gems | PG
's next two plays, both about historic periods of violent revolutionary struggle, were not well received. La Pasionara, produced at the Newcastle Playhouse
in 1985, was based on the life of Dolores Ibarruri |
Textual Features | Pam Gems | In this drama PG
returns to the subject matter of her translation and adaptation The Danton Affair, made in 1986 from Przybyszewska
's 1930s play of the same title. In PG
's The Snow... |
Timeline
April 1793: The Committee of Public Safety was set up...
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April 1793
5 April 1794: In France, Robespierre had his two erstwhile...
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5 April 1794
In France, Robespierre
had his two erstwhile friends and associates Desmoulins
and Danton
guillotined.
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