Word: meilhac
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great theatrical and musical troupes of the world. Puffed to the limit and beloved by "Barnum" Gest, it has pardonably fallen just a trifle short of expectations. The production of La Perichole, with the Offenbach score and with what amounted to an entire re-writing of the Meilhac-Halevy libretto by Director Dantchenko himself, proved to be an unadulterated source of enjoyment to all except strict operatic purists. The setting, which depicted a market place in ancient Lima, Peru, was in the best Russian tradition of a colorful and decorative, essentially two-dimensioned background. And against it the elaborate perfection...
...Cercle Francais will open its first winter season this afternoon at 2.15 at the Copley Theatre. Three one-act plays will be presented: "La Joie Falt Peur", a comedy by Mme. Emile de 'Girardin; "Le Baiser", a verse comedy by Theodore de Banville; and "Les Sonnettes", by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy...
...final play, "Les Sonnettes" by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, the following will be in the cast: Miss Rosamonde Adie Augustine Miss O. Zed do Chateau Lansac. La Comtesse J. R. Robinson '25 Josef...
Gabrielle Réjane is nearly 70. Since her great success in Meilhac's Ma Camarade in 1883, she has been a leading figure in the French theatre. She mirrors the expressive soul of France, seemingly the essence of vivacity and animation. She has toured America several times, making her most notable success in Madame Sans Gene...
...three one-act plays, given by the Cercle Francais on November 23 and 30 at the Copley Theatre, will be staged this evening at 8.15 o'clock at Jordan Hall in Boston, Moliere's "Le Mariage Force", Francois Coppee's "Le Passant", and "L'Ete de Saint Martin" by Meilhac and Halevy, are the plays to be given. The proceeds will go to the American Committee for Devastated France. Tickets are $3.50, $2.00, and $1.00, and will be on sale at Jordan Hall this afternoon and before the performance starts tonight...