The Reminiscences And Recollections of Captain Gronow Being Anecdotes of the Ca
The Reminiscences And Recollections of Captain Gronow Being Anecdotes of the Ca
Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell), 1794-1865
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— An order had been given to the managers of all the theatres in Paris to admit a certain number of soldiers of the army of occupatioD, free of expense. It happened that a party of the Guards, composed of a sergeant and a few men, went to the Theatre des Varietes on the Boulevards, where one of the pieces, entitled Les Anglaises pour Rire, was admirably acted by Po- tier and Brunet. In this piece Englishwomen were represented in a very ridiculous light by those accomplished performers. This gav...e great offence to our soldiers, and the sergeant and his men deter- mined to put a stop to the acting ; accordingly they stormed the stage, and laid violent hands upon the actors, eventually driving them off. The police were called in, and foolishly wanted to take our men to prison ; but they soon found to their cost that they had to deal with unmanageable opponents, for the whole posse of gendarmes were charged and LES ANGLAISES POUR RIRE. 93 driven out of the theatre. A crowd assembled on the Boulevards ; which, however, soon dispersed when it became known that English soldiers were determined, coute quHl coitte, to prevent their coun- trywomen from being ridiculed.
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