Gilded Baroque theatre stage with crimson curtains

Theatrum Mundi · 1600–1750

The World Is a Stage

Baroque Theatre, Spectacle, and Power

From Molière and French neoclassicism to Spanish Golden Age drama and the elaborate stages of the Baroque, we explore how theatre entertained, challenged, and reinforced the political and social order.

Raise the curtain

Four Acts

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