Word: pedantic
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...dress rehearsal of "Le Pedant Joue" was given last night in Brattle Hall. In many ways it was satisfactory, but there were numerous faults which, however, can easily be modified before the regular performances...
...following is a synopsis of the plot of Le Pedant Joue...
...story deals with the troubles of Granger, a pedantic principal of the college of Beauvais at Paris. The first act opens with an interview between Granger and Chateaufort, the swash buckler of the play, who comes to ask for the hand of Manon, the pedant's daughter. Granger does not want him, wishing to marry Manon to a rich peasant named Gareau, so he tells Chateaufort that he has a rival in La Tremblaye, a gentleman living near the college of Beauvais. Chateaufort goes away breathing threats of vengeance against La Tremblaye. Granger then turns to his own love affairs...
Charlet Granger arrives and refuses to go to Venice. His father deceives his relatives by telling them that Charlot has become insane, and forces him to consent to go. Paquier delivers his master's love messages to Genevote, who agree to meet the pedant. This ends the first...
...Cercle Francais. Lecture: Le Pedant Joue. Professor de Sumichrast. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...