About
Suzanne Rochefort is a lecturer in modern history at the University of Lorraine (CRULH). Her research focuses on the social, cultural, and political history of performances and performers in the 18th century. She recently published a book based on her thesis, defended at EHESS: Vies théâtrales (Theatrical Lives).
Most viewed articles
Perpetual novelty? Media and theatrical news in the late eighteenth century
In Histoire, économie & société (2025/1 44e année)
“Novelty” as performance: Technical innovations, urban spaces, and media in the eighteenth century
In Histoire, économie & société (2025/1 44e année)
Emancipation behind the scenes: Rose Bellecour and the paradoxes of an actress in the eighteenth century
Rose Bellecour, ou les paradoxes d’une comédienne au xviiie siècle
In Clio. Women, Gender, History (2025/2 n° 62)
“She reveals all that is made for shadow and mystery.” The actress in the second 18th century, or the construction of an unusual figure
In Dix-huitième siècle (2023/1 No 55)
Working on Stage: the profession of actor and actress in Paris (1740 -1799)
In Annales hist. de la Rév française (2025/1 n° 419)
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Articles
Emancipation behind the scenes: Rose Bellecour and the paradoxes of an actress in the eighteenth century
Rose Bellecour, ou les paradoxes d’une comédienne au xviiie siècle
In Clio. Women, Gender, History (2025/2 n° 62)
Working on Stage: the profession of actor and actress in Paris (1740 -1799)
In Annales hist. de la Rév française (2025/1 n° 419)
“Novelty” as performance: Technical innovations, urban spaces, and media in the eighteenth century
In Histoire, économie & société (2025/1 44e année)
Perpetual novelty? Media and theatrical news in the late eighteenth century
In Histoire, économie & société (2025/1 44e année)
Stage and City: Comedians as Participants in Urban Life (Paris, Mid- to Late- 18th Century)
In Histoire urbaine (2024/1 No 69)
The Birth of the Artist-Citizen? Political Mutations and Professional Recompositions in the Acting Profession in France (1789-1791)
In Annales hist. de la Rév française (2024/3 n° 417)
Making Claims to acquire? Professional Demands and the Labour Market of Actors and Actresses (Paris, second half of the eighteenth century)
In Dix-huitième siècle (2024/1 No 56)
Cyril Triolaire, Tréteaux dans le Massif. Circulations et mobilités professionnelles théâtrales en province des Lumières à la Belle Époque, Clermont-Ferrand, Presses universitaires Blaise-Pascal, 2022, 422 p.
In Histoire urbaine (2023/2 No 67)
Mélanie Traversier, L’Harmonica de verre et Miss Davies. Essai sur la mécanique du succès au siècle des Lumières, Paris, Seuil, 2021, 512 p., ISBN 978-2-02-145145-0
In Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (2023/3 No 70-3)
“She reveals all that is made for shadow and mystery.” The actress in the second 18th century, or the construction of an unusual figure
In Dix-huitième siècle (2023/1 No 55)
Arlette Farge. Vies oubliées. Au cœur du XVIIIe siècle. Paris, La Découverte, 2019, 304 p.
In Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales (2019/3 74th year)
Sylvie Granger, Danser dans la France des Lumières, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2019, 426 p., ISBN 978-2-7535-7607-0
In Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (2019/4 No 66-4)