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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES MOLIÈRE IN DENMARK, THEN AND NOW BY ANNELISE LEYSIEFFER A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2007 Copyright © 2007 Annelise Leysieffer All Rights Reserved The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of Annelise Leysieffer on February 1, 2007. _____________________________ William J. Cloonan Professor Directing Dissertation _________________________ Dennis D. Moore Outside Committee Member _________________________ Alec G. Hargreaves Committee Member _________________________ Mark F. Pietralunga Committee Member _________________________ Mary Karen Dahl Committee Member Approved: ______________________________________________________________ William J. Cloonan, Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics ______________________________________________________________ Joseph A. Travis, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii I dedicate this dissertation to my husband Fred Leysieffer as a thank you for his constant help, unfailing support, patience and encouragement during the past many years, enabling me to finish my Ph.D. Annelise iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I want to thank the Danish theatre professionals and scholars without whom it would not have been possible to write this dissertation. I want to thank the managing theatre directors, directors, actors, professors, translators, journalists and a museum curator, who have all been tremendously helpful, open and welcoming and who have given me a fantastic insight into how Danish theatre is produced.