Word: la
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fourth of the series of lectures on the French Drama was given yesterday on the subject "La Farce; les Successeurs de Labiche...
...contemporaries were "gleaners of Moliere's harvest." One of Moliere's most successful types, that of the bourgeois who is bold abroad but with his wife "timide," is often well used by Labiche. "L'Auvergnat," acted by the Cercle Francais in 1888--"Le Voyage de M. Perrichon" and "La Poudre aux Yeux," also produced by the Cercle, are three of his most successful plays. Others of his best known works are "Le Chapeau de Paille d'Italie," "La Cagnotte," "Le Misanthrope," "Celimare, le Bien Aime," and "Le Plus Heureux des Trois...
Lectures on the Modern French Drama. IV. La Farce. Les Successeurs de Labiche. M. Gaston Deschamps. Sanders Theatre, 4.30 p. m. Admission by ticket only till 4.25 p. m., then open to the public...
...Maurice Donnay's chief works are: "La Douloureuse," "L'Affranchie," "Le Torrent," and "Les Amants." This last, which was published in 1895, shows a great deal of charming philosophy and poetry...
...Capus started his literary career as a novelist, and published many little works full of irony, such as "Qui Perd Gagne," "Faux Depart," and "Annees d'Aventure." His "Brignol et sa Fille," a study of the French business man, has been acted on the vaudeville stage. "La Bouse et La Vie," which is now having a great success at the "Gymnase," is a clever satire on the new and luxurious French prisons...