Casanova

Maurice Rostand's play in three acts, Panorama Dramatique: Casanova, performed at the Bouffes-Parisiens in 1919, compresses in small compass the outstanding incidents in the life of Casanova. The costume and set designs were the work of Art Deco legend George Barbier. Between the end of World War I and the late 1920s much of Barbier's time was claimed by theatrical design, beginning with Rostand's Casanova. Barbier's designs were originally published in 1924 as a set of 24 pochoir colour plates, now one of his rarest and most sought after works: they are here reprinted for the first time.