Word: menteur
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...theme of the constitutional liar, temporarily staving off detection by fresh falsehoods, but in the end hopelessly enmeshed in the network of his deceptions, was handled in masterly fashion more than a century before Goldoni by Corneille in "Le Menteur". In contrast to the French author's dignified verse-comedy, Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo" ("The Liar") is often broadly farcical...
...last performance of the Cercle Francais play "Le Menteur" will be given tonight at 8 o'clock in the Bijou Theatre, Boston. The Mandolin Club will play during the intermissions...
...second performance of the Cercle Francais play, "Le Menteur," will be given this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in the Bijou Theatre, Boston. At this performance which is given for the Boston public schools, the price of admission will be 75 cents for the orchestra and 50 cents for the gallery. The Banjo Club will play during the intermissions...
...lack of smoothness in the presentation of the third act were due merely to the nervousness and novelty of a first performance. The play as a whole will undoubtedly go better tonight and during the succeeding performances, and may well be considered as good a performance of "Le Menteur" as can be seen anywhere outside of France...
...clock. Tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 a matinee performance will be given at the Bijou Theatre in Boston, to be followed by the regular Boston performance on Monday evening, December 15, at 8 o'clock. The cast is as follows: Geronte, pere de Dorante, A. C. Champollion '03. Dorante, le Menteur, F. B. Thompson 1L. Alcippe, ami de Dorante, W. D. Haviland '03. Philiste, ami d'Alcippe, J. V. Blanchet '05. Clarice, maitresse d'Alcippe, E. C. Edson '04. Lucrece, amie de Clarice, G. Jones '05. Isabelle, suivante, H. D. Brandyce '04. Sabine, femme de chambre, P. G. Henderson '05. Cliton...