Word: talleyrand
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...Talleyrand, one of the heroes of the play, is unreal and devoid of spirit. He is a badly dressed mannequin. Talleyrand is too complicated a character to be presented on the stage and Sacha Guitry makes him everything but what he was. The other characters are not any better...
...phenomenal rise to popularity of the famous French song-writer, Beranger, through the immediate nation-wide singing of his songs; his meeting with Desangiers and the attention and honor bestowed upon him by the latter and his friends in the "Caveau", and, above all, through his dramatic "reconnaisance" with Talleyrand, one of the world's greatest diplomats...
Passing over the intervening 16 years, the second act presents Beranger at the height of his career and on the day of one of its striking crises. He is visited in his room by the intriguing Talleyrand, who sees in him a tremendously powerful political force which he, Talleyrand, seeks control. During a stirring interview which, through Beranger's characterization of him and his own speech and action, gives new and valuable insight into Talleyrand's character, Beranger states his heroic principles and gives his final answer...
...whole play is filled with true French atmosphere and the full power of the dialogue has been retained by the translator, Howard Phillips '23, treasurer of the Dramatic Club. Besides giving valuable insight into Talleyrand's character, into the life and customs of the time, as seen through the lives of the common people especially, and into the French character in general, Mr. Guitry's play, which is of the episodic type so well-know from the recent writings of John Drinkwater, holds a very high place in the modern drama...
...Talleyrand," by J. McCabe...