This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...done. He had withdrawn it from the Francais, where fresh difficulties had been made about playing it, and where they had just played another "Christine " with disastrous results, and it had been accepted by Harel, the manager of the Ode"on, who had recently played Soulie's "Christine," which had failed also. But there ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...done. He had withdrawn it from the Francais, where fresh difficulties had been made about playing it, and where they had just played another "Christine " with disastrous results, and it had been accepted by Harel, the manager of the Ode"on, who had recently played Soulie's "Christine," which had failed also. But there followed a yet more singular incident. The manager seriously proposed that Dumas's "Christine" should be at once brought forward, and acted by Georges, the actress who had played the same part in Soulie's play. Alexander consulted his friend on this curious proposal, the latter made no objection, and the piece was produced.f The story has been often told of the enthusiasm of one of Hugo's supporters, whom some one hard of hearing fancied the actor had said, "Vieil as de pique," instead of "Vieillard stupide," and laughed contemptuously. An eager partisan of the author's defended the phrase hotly, saying, with a triumphant air, that " cards were invented then." Dumas "fathers" the story on old Grandmaison and Lassailly; as he says in his agreeable way, " There was nothing to be said to men who attacked or defended in this style." Though Hugo laid down as one of his principles that the reformed drama should deal with sulijects of the day his genius was too poetical to conform to it; all his important dramas being chosen from remote history. t Soulie's feelings, indeed, could not have been of the amiable kind, for before the Buccess of "Henri III." he had contemptuously met a proposal of his friend that they should work together on this very subject. At that time he had made his name, and fancied that the young tyro would be of little assistance. When D...
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