SOURCE: “After the Fall: The Chute of a Play, Droits d'Auteur, and Literary Property in the Old Regime,” in French Historical Studies, Vol. 22, No. 4, Fall, 1999, pp. 465-91.
In the following essay, Brown examines literary property rights of eighteenth century playwrights, considering the views of Beaumarchais in advocating greater control for authors in the royal theater.
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