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...woven and romance prevails," proclaims a voice which seems to come from the heart of the chateau itself (it is the recorded voice of Charles Boyer, via 28 loudspeakers, speaking a text by André Maurois). "Here all France is assembled; not only the court, but also Racine, Boileau, Molière [and] ambassadors from all over the world, who have come to see the greatest King on earth...
...miniature park or stage alive with glistening birds or gaily obscene mimes from the Italian Commedia dell'arte. Sometimes he would create a hunt, a concert, or a table-top display of drawing-room conceits. The Hand Kiss is part of a humorous circle of distractions derived from Molière, in which the gallant's daring is brought to nothing by the lady's jealous lap dog and busy blackamoor...
...particularly excited the admiration of Critic Kerr and the audiences was the adroit use of both French and English-speaking actors in this year's Shakespearean Festival at Stratford, Ont. Players drawn from bilingual Canada's two major language groups, acting in the plays of Shakespeare and Molière, are onstage together for the first time in a unique theatrical bill that reflects the nation's dual cultural origins...
Last week, it was the French Canadians' turn to take top billing. Twelve players from Montreal's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde turned in crackling, rapid-fire performances of three Molière one-act plays. Most of their audience was English-speaking, but the French actors' skilled miming as they romped through the Molière farces got the meaning across. The addition of the French plays and French style to the Stratford program was hailed not only as a theatrical coup, but also as a rare illustration of Canada's dual culture...
...comedie-ballet," Le Bourgeois Gentil-homme, when first produced in 1670, was less important for its Molière text than for its Lully music, while most important of all (with Orientalism the rage) was its Turkish ballet...