French fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English
Would you like to have some titles for plays also? They are very
important in order to succeed. Here are some sure ones:
THE CONTOUR; _The Circumference_; THE CONDOR; _Hurry up Harry_; THE
TOWER; _Louise, your shirt is coming out_; STEP ALONG; _The Mysterious
Bar_; HUNDREDTH TO THE RIGHT; _The Magician_; THE GUELF; _I am going to
kill you_; MY PRINCE; _The Artichoke_; THE SCHOOL FOR LAWYERS; _The
Torch-bearer!_
Good-bye, sir, don't thank me.
A GREAT CRITIC
Gentlemen, I have come to give you a report of the triumph, last night.
Are you ready? I begin:
GRIT AND GRIP
A play in three acts by Messrs. Julien Tandis, Jean de la Fente, Prosper
Mordus and Mmes Nathalie de l'Angoumois, Jane Fontaine and the countess
M. Des Etangs, etc. Sets by Messrs. Alfred Mone, Leon Minie, Al. de
Lemere. Costumes by Jeanette, hats by Wilhelmine, properties by the
MacTead Company, phonographs by Hernstein and Company, sanitary napkins
by Van Feuler Brothers.
I recall the captive who dared to p... before Sesostris. I never saw a
more poignant scene than this from the play of Messrs, and Mmes etc. I
must speak of the scene which made such a great hit at the opening night
and in which the financier Prominoff bursts into a fit of rage against
the coroner.
The play, which was very good, otherwise, did not accomplish all that
was expected of it. The courtesan wife who feathers her nest out of the
green old age of a vulgar brewer, remains, however, an unforgettable and
touching figure which leaves in the shadow that of Cleopatra and Mme de
Pompadour. M. Layol is an excellent comedian. He acted the father of a
family in every sense of the expression. Mlle Jeannine Letrou, a young
star of tomorrow, has very pretty legs. But the real revelation was Mme
Perdreau whose sensitive nature we know so well. She acted the scene of
the reconciliation with the most perfect naturalism. In short a great
evening and prospects for a hundred night run.[10]
THE THEATRE
Young man we are going to give some subjects for plays. If they were
signed by famous names we would play them, but they are masterpieces by
unknowns which were given to us and which we are generously turning over
to you because of your nice face.
PLAY WITH A THESIS--The prince of San Meco finds a louse on his wife's
head and makes a scene. The princess has not slept with the viscount of
Dendelope for the past six months. The couple make a scene before the
viscount, who, not having slept with anyone but the princess and Mme
Lafoulue, wife of a Secretary of State, causes the ministry to fall and
overwhelms Mme Lafoulue with his scorn.
Mme Lafoulue makes a scene with her husband. Everything becomes clear,
however, when Monsieur Bibier, the Deputy, arrives. He scratches his
head. He is stripped. He accuses his electors of being lousy. Finally
everything is in order once more. Title: _Parliamentarism._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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