Word: aiglon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Le Gallienne's production of "L'Aiglon" is unquestionably a fine one. The technics of the play have been mastered with admirable skill, the sets designed with an artistry which elicits well-deserved applause, and the company chosen with excellent discrimination. It is indeed unfortunate that this wealth of talent has been wasted on an unhappy choice of vehicle, but it must be admitted with all due respect to the dramatiser of Cyrano that "L'Aiglon" is a poor play. Restand may have believed that Napoleon's son offered the material for the creation of a modern Hamlet...
...young and voluptuous she can't help but be adored. . . . Old age is the problem. Here's my program. Five more years of the theatre - no more - I'll play big-time dramatic rôles. Right now I'm coaching for L'Aiglon, and I'm flirting with Camille. In five years I hope to have enough money saved up to give me a sure income of $15,000 a year. I'll go to France and get a villa. Then I'll concentrate on the development of my mind...
Died. William Louis Courtleigh, 61, actor (Fedora, Electro., Tiger Rose, L'Aiglon, The Ninth Guest), onetime (1913-17) Shepherd of The Lambs (Manhattan theatrical club); of acute in digestion...