Word: lavedan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...afternoon at 2 o'clock the Cercle Francais gives its second and last performance of "Sire," a play in five acts, at the Copley Theatre in Boston. The play, which was very favorably received last Wednesday, is being introduced in America by the Cercle. "Sire" is reproduced from Henri Lavedan's book of the same name and has as a background of historical fact, the Revolution of 1848 in France...
...Servir" is a war drama in two acts, by Henri Lavedan, and "Edgar et sa Bonne," by Labiche, is a one-act farce. The "Servir" was first produced in Paris in 1913 at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, and, with the foremost of modern French actors, M. Gintry, in the chief role, was highly successful. It was written while the trouble between France and Morocco was still going on, and, very appropriately to the talk of today, it shows the struggle between a militarist father of the old school and a pacifist son with modern ideas. Although the play was composed...
...Cercle Francais spring production, which is the first ever undertaken by that organization, will consist of two plays, a two-act war drama, "Servir," by Henri Lavedan, and a one-act farce, "Edgar et sa Bonne," by Labiche. There will be one performance only, which will be staged in the Copley Theatre on May 11 at 8 o'clock. Dancing in the Copley Theatre ballroom will follow the performance. Tickets are now on sale at $1.50, $1, 75 cents, and 50 cents each at Herrick's and the Co-operative Branch, or may be procured from A. L. Carroll...
...Cercle Francais for the first time in its history will undertake a spring production, which will be presented in Boston probably on May 8 or 9. The piece selected is a two-act war drama, "Servir," by Henri Lavedan. The play was first produced in Paris in 1913 at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, and, with the foremost of modern French actors, M. Guitry, in the chief role, scored a great success. It was written during the trouble between France and Morocco, and shows the struggle between a militarist father of the old school and a pacifist son with modern ideas...
...Henri Lavedan is one of the leading French dramatists, and is also known as a journalist and short story writer. He has written more than 30 plays, the one best known in this country being "La Duel," acted by Otis Skinner. He is an officer of the Legion of Honor and a member of the French Academy...