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In the first place, he maintains that you do not know how to recite verse. He declares that you make all your a's too broad. Finally, when he had no arguments left he declared that as long as he lives you will never enter the Comedie Francaise." I was silent for a moment, weighing the pros and cons of the probable result of my experiment.
I think I never saw a man more of a piece; and the type was new to me; I had never before set eyes upon his parallel, and I thought instinctively of Balzac and the lower regions of the Comedie Humaine. Pinkerton stared a moment on the intruder with no friendly eye, tore a leaf from his note-book, and scribbled a line in pencil, turned, beckoned a messenger boy, and whispered, "To Longhurst."
"A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is but poor comédie
A bad son, an unkind husband, and a worse father, he could scarcely be expected to become a steady friend. There was one person, nevertheless, whom he detested and flattered at the same time, and this was Voltaire, who well repaid him in like coin. *La Comedie Francaise tr. The marquis de Chauvelin was equally skilful as a warrior and diplomatist.
Silviane's engagement at the Comedie, which so far was his most notable achievement, and which would have shaken the position of any other minister, had by a curious chance rendered him popular. It was regarded as something original and amusing. On understanding that Chaigneux simply wished to make sure of his presence at the Comedie that evening, he became yet more affable.
On the other hand, if one were told that he hailed from the Comédie Française, the legend would be accepted without demur. He had the clean-shaven, wrinkled face of the comedian; his black eyes sparkled with an active intelligence; an expressive mouth bespoke clear and fluent speech; his quick, alert movements were those of the mimetic actor.
Why does not the British government follow an example so justly deserving of imitation? Paris, February 15, 1802. After the beautiful theatre of the old Comedie Francaise, under its new title of l'Odeon, became a prey to flames, as I have before mentioned, the comedians belonging it were dispersed on all sides.
After having seen him handed over successively to three different valets, we left him to his fate, hoping he would arrive at his destination eventually. When we entered the salon for dinner Auber was already there. If he had not brought his own servant with him, he never would have been in time. The troop of the Comedie Francaise played "La Joie fait Peur," by Musset.
It was read and accepted by the Comedie Francaise on August 17th, 1848, under the name of "Le Faiseur"; and when Balzac returned to Russia at the end of September, he asked his friend Laurent-Jan to take charge of the comedy during his absence.
"The fact that you arrive much later at the opera than at the Comedie Francaise." "Have you, then, kept watch upon my movements?" "Only a passing observation of signs quite allowable in warfare!" "But I thought we had made a compact of peace." "True enough, we did make it, but suppose it were only an armistice?" "You are ready, then, to resume hostilities?" said Henri.