When Dr John Golder was accidentally brought a portfolio of drawings he
hadn't ordered in the French National Archives, he found himself looking
at hitherto unknown detailed drawings of France's first public theatre.
Dr Golder, from UNSW's School of English, Media and Performing Arts,
speaks with Susi Hamilton about his discovery, a paper for which has
recently been published in a special edition of the Journal for
Eighteenth-Century Studies.