Staging Rousseau's Republic: French Revolutionary Festivals and Olympe de Gouges.

Comments on the issues related to the theatricality and performance in the plays written by Olympe De Gouges and "Letter to M. d'Alembert on Theatre" written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in France. Contribution of the play to the institution of Revolutionary festivals; Influence of Rousseau on the models of performance and gender in the late eighteenth century; Assistance extended by De Gouges to the organization and staging of the Festival of the Law; Significance on the theories of Rousseau on theater, theatricality, performance, and civic identity.