Reg Carr, however, highlights that "the anarchists realised what Mirbeau was trying to do, and agreed that [he] had been successful"12, seeing the play as a "a clear indication of the depths of Mirbeau's anarchism, for he regarded any authority, whatever the source, as a potential evil"13. The multi-dimensionality of Les Mauvais Bergers, its many political and artistic interpretations, is testament firstly to the unique capacity of theatre in straddling these realms, and secondly the practical difficulties of representing French anarchism theatrically in Belle Epoque Paris, and so Reg Ca...

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