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...Odéon. Two years ago, Russia contributed the Moscow Art Theatre; last season, Italy gave us Duse; Firmin Gémier and his Odéon troupe are the famous foreigners who talk to the playgoer in an unfamiliar tongue this season. Their talk is French...
...express invitation of Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, acting in the name of the U. S. Government, M. Firmin Gémier, who has for many years been the director of Le Theatre National de I'Odéon of Paris, arrived in the U. S. to produce some of his famous plays. The invitation was not merely a courteous act toward M. Gémier, but a gracious recognition of France...
...always breaking away from the harsh, mechanical traditions of the Classical Age and reserving to himself an intelligent freedom of interpretation. Finally recognized officially, not so much for his acting as for his ability to produce and manage, the Government made him directeur du Theatre National de l'Od...
...civilization in which its Government may possess a Ministry of Fine Arts. Nevertheless, there are Americans possessed of both the will and the means to aid the fine arts. A committee of patrons was formed; an invitation was written to Firmin Gémier,* actor, manager of the Odéon, to bring his company to the U. S. This invitation is to be conveyed by the State Department through the usual diplomatic channels, in order to return as far as possible the gracious compliment of France to the American stage. Incidentally, the committee of patrons which makes possible this...
...Gemier was born in Paris in 1865. The records reveal that fact quite plainly but they do not give the whole truth, which is that Gemier was born an actor. Most of M. Gemier's successes have been scored in the Théātre de l'Odéon, Frances second national theatre, although, from an artistic viewpoint, it might well deserve to be ranked first. In 1921 M. Gemier arrived at the summit of his ambition when he was appointed Manager of the Odéon, the theatre where he has created some 30 roles, many...