French without a master : $b A farce in one act — John Shaqi
French without a master : $b A farce in one actBernard, Tristan
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French without a master : $b A farce in one act
Bernard, Tristan
Comedy plays; Farces; French drama -- Translations into English
=THE BLACK PEARL=, by VICTORIEN SARDOU. One of Sardou’s most famous
comedies of intrigue. A house has, it is thought, been robbed. But
through skilful investigation it is found that the havoc wrought has
been done by lightning. PRICE 25 CENTS.
=CHARMING LEANDRE=, by THEODORE DE BANVILLE. The author of “Gringoire”
is here seen in a poetic vein, yet the Frenchman’s innate sense of
humor recalls, in this satirical little play, the genius of Moliere.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
=THE POST-SCRIPTUM=, by EMILE AUGIER. Of this one-act comedy Professor
Brander Matthews writes: “... one of the brightest and most brilliant
little one-act comedies in any language, and to be warmly recommended
to American readers.” PRICE 25 CENTS.
=THE HOUSE OF FOURCHAMBAULT=, by EMILE AUGIER. One of the greatest of
recent French family dramas. Although the play is serious in tone, it
contains touches which entitle it to a position among the best comedies
of manners of the times. PRICE 25 CENTS.
=THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF=, by MOLIIÈRE. A famous farce by the
greatest of French dramatists. Sganarelle has to be beaten before he
will acknowledge that he is a doctor, which he is not. He then works
apparently miraculous cures. The play is a sharp satire on the medical
profession in the 17th Century. PRICE 25 CENTS.
=BRIGNOL AND HIS DAUGHTER=, by CAPUS. The first comedy in English of
the most sprightly and satirical of present-day French dramatists.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
=CHOOSING A CAREER=, by G. A. DE CAILLAVET. Written by one of the
authors of “Love Watches.” A farce of mistaken identity, full of
humorous situations and bright lines. PRICE 25 CENTS.
=FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER=, by TRISTAN BERNARD. A clever farce by one
of the most successful of French dramatists. It is concerned with the
difficulties of a bogus-interpreter who does not know a word of French.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
=PATER NOSTER=, a poetic play in one act, by FRANÇOIS COPPÉE. A
pathetic incident of the time of the Paris Commune, in 1871. PRICE 25
CENTS.
ADDENDA
=CORRECTION=:--The price of “The House of Fourchambault” and “Brignol
and His Daughter” is 50 cents a copy.
Transcriber’s Note:
Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation
in the text. These have been left unchanged. Dialect, obsolete and
alternative spellings were left unchanged. Words and phrases in
italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Those in bold are
surrounded by equal signs, =like this=.
Where a stage note in parentheses precedes an actor’s line, ending
punctuation is omitted in the stage note in the original. This anomaly
is replicated as printed. Otherwise, stops missing at end of sentences
were added. Missing accents in French were added. One hyphen was
replaced with an apostrophe in French.
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