The Art of Being Bored: A Comedy in Three ActsPailleron, Edouard
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The Art of Being Bored: A Comedy in Three Acts
Pailleron, Edouard
Comedy plays; French drama -- Translations into English
=The Coffee-House.= Comedy in 3 acts, by Goldoni. Translated by Henry
B. Fuller. 8 males, 2 females. 1 exterior. 18th century costumes.
Plays 2¼ hours. One of the most famous of the Goldoni comedies.
“The Coffee-House” is now for the first time translated into English.
It is a scintillating example of the Italian master at his gayest. For
advanced casts. Price 50 cents.
=Love in Livery.= (Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard). Comedy in 3 acts,
by Marivaux. Translated by Harriet Ford and Marie Louise Le Verrier.
5 males, 2 females. 1 interior. 17th century costumes. Plays a full
evening. A lively and very actable translation of one of the most
delightful and famous of the French classic comedies of manners. “Love
in Livery” has remained a favorite in France for 200 years. It is
pre-eminently suited to production by girls’ schools. A thoroughly
charming old-world comedy. Price 50 cents.
=Everyman.= The old English morality play, in 1 act. Anonymous. 17
characters (11 males, 6 females, but these may be taken by all male or
all female cast). Costumes, 16th century. Plays 1¼ hours. The most
beautiful of all the old English religious plays. It is especially to
be recommended to churches and schools. Price 35 cents.
=The Forest.= Comedy in 3 acts. By Alexander Ostrovsky. Translated
by Florence Noyes and George Rapall Noyes. 9 males, 3 females. 1
interior, 2 exteriors. One of the great masterpieces of the Russian
stage. Price 75 cents.
=Ralph Roister Doister.= Comedy in 5 acts. By Nicholas Udall. 9 males,
4 females. This is the first English comedy ever written. Price 50
cents.
=Ladies and Hussars.= Comedy in 3 acts. By Alexander Fredro.
Translated from the Polish by Florence Noyes and George Rapall Noyes.
6 males, 7 females. 1 interior. A masterpiece by one of Poland’s
greatest playwrights. Price 50 cents.
=The Thunderstorm.= Drama in 5 acts. By Alexander Ostrovsky.
Translated by Florence Whyte and George Rapall Noyes. 7 males, 5
females (extras). Russian costumes. 1 interior, 4 exteriors. One of
the great masterpieces of the Russian stage. Price 75 cents.
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=The Doctor in Spite of Himself= (Le Medecin malgre lui). By Moliere.
6 males, 3 females. 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 35 cents.
=Brignol and His Daughter.= By Alfred Capus. 5 males, 4 females. In
three acts. The first comedy in English of the most sprightly and
satirical of present-day French dramatists. Price 60 cents.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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