Adventures of An Actor Comprising a Picture of the French Stage During a Period
Adventures of An Actor Comprising a Picture of the French Stage During a Period
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The court was then at Fontainebleau, where the company of the Comedie Fran9aise were occasion- ally performing. I was there Avhen I received a message from Monsieur inviting me to Brunoy ; my services being required in a play, with which the festivities were to conclude. I set oif imme- diately, and arrived just in time. His royal high- ness received me with great kindness ; he told me that he wished me to take a part in the " Galant Escroc, " a comedy by Colle, in which I had played very succe...ssfully at Guimard's the- atre. Count Guelphar, the character allotted to me, was one particularly adapted to my powers, and precisely one of that class, which I hoped would THE FRENCH STAGE. 205 one day or other fall to my lot at the Theatre Frangaise. It was a correct picture of the rake of that time. Collcj whose pen was doubtless somewhat free, has in the comedy of the " Galant Escroc" displayed a fund of natural humour, and a lively fancy, which few dramatic writers have excelled. I liked the character, and I tried to play it with effect ; endeavouring to mould my- self to it, as if it were to be one of my future parts.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The court was then at Fontainebleau, where the company of the Comedie Fran9aise were occasion- ally performing. I was there Avhen I received a message from Monsieur inviting me to Brunoy ; my services being required in a play, with which the festivities were to conclude. I set oif imme- diately, and arrived just in time. His royal high- ness received me with great kindness ; he told me that he wished me to take a part in the " Galant Escroc, " a comedy by Colle, in which I had played very succe...ssfully at Guimard's the- atre. Count Guelphar, the character allotted to me, was one particularly adapted to my powers, and precisely one of that class, which I hoped would THE FRENCH STAGE. 205 one day or other fall to my lot at the Theatre Frangaise. It was a correct picture of the rake of that time. Collcj whose pen was doubtless somewhat free, has in the comedy of the " Galant Escroc" displayed a fund of natural humour, and a lively fancy, which few dramatic writers have excelled. I liked the character, and I tried to play it with effect ; endeavouring to mould my- self to it, as if it were to be one of my future parts.
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