Théâtre de l'Ante : La porteuse de pain

Presented by Théâtre de L?Ante.
Xavier de Montépin, considered the absolute author of melodrama, that theatrical form which combines drama and action, laughter and tears, in a story of widows and orphans, gendarmes and thieves, singers and master singers… And in Xavier de Montépin’s work, the archetypal melodrama, La Porteuse de Pain. Le Petit Journal , which published the novel as a serial, increased its circulation by 100,000 copies! A “melodrama in 5 acts, 12 tableaux and a prologue”, La Porteuse de Pain was a triumph in Paris and toured all the “théâtres de province” for years.