Word: lavedon
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...repertoire of the week is as follows: Augier's "L'Aventuriere" Monday evening and Saturday matinee; Dumas' "Camille", Tuesday and Saturday evenings and Thanksgiving matinee; Moliere's "Le Misanthrope", Wednesday and Thursday evenings; Lavedon's "Le Duel", Wednesday matinee; and Dumas' "Le Demi Monde" Friday evening...
...unusually fine musical program has been arranged for the occasion. Mr. Ralph Osborne, baritone, accompanied by Mrs. Dudley Fitts, will render two groups of songs, in English and in French. One of these, "Le Credo Patriotique" by Henri Lavedon of the Academic Francaise, has been pronounced the greatest song composition relating to the war. The University Glee Club will also render a group of songs while the judges are deliberating on the best speakers. The Lee Wade II trials are open to the general public as well as to all members of the University...
...Sire," the play by Henri Lavedon, produced by the Cercle Francais yesterday afternoon, revolves around two French types, Roulette, who masquerades as Louis XVII and La Comtesse de Saint-Salbi, an old and emotional lady who always refused to believe that Louis XVII had died in prison and at once is taken in by Roulette's imposition...
...first performance in America of "Sire", the thirty-third annual play of the Cercle Francais, will be given in the Copley Theatre this afternoon and Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. "Sire" is reproduced from Henri Lavedon's book of the same name and combines the artistic qualities of the author's style with the action drawn from the background of historical fact, the Revolution of 1848. With the exception of the four parts acted by women, the cast is made up of undergraduates of the University. The two chief parts, those of Roulette and La Comtesse, are acted...
...alone people interested in the French language will desire to see Lavedon's "Sire"; but lovers of French drama will recognize the unusual privilege offered them in the comedy's first appearance on this side of the Atlantic. Henri Emile Lavedon is one of the greatest living French litterateurs, having been a member of the Academy since 1898, and at present an officer in the Legion of Honor. The title and idea of "Sire" was suggested to him when quite a young man upon a visit to the Orleans a Blois. As he waited for his friend in a beautiful...