...ovinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Ba... ... Mademoiselle Mars. By calling to mind the most charming Celimene that the Theatre-Francais ever had, an excellent idea of Severine Grevin’s appearanc... ...nt the servant threw open the door and announced dinner. After dinner, the theatre was proposed; that is one of the amusements that Parisians miss the... ...t divert his mind a little.” V 243 Balzac CHILDREN ON HIS RETURN from the theatre Monsieur Octave de Camps declared that it would be long before they... ...ating this treaty in order that she shall make her first appearance at his theatre.” 294 The Deputy of Arcis “Well, adieu, my dear fellow; a pleasant... ...ne is able to produce, announc- ing the second appearance in Her Majesty’s theatre of the Signora Luigia. The name alone was enough to attract the att... ...ts fairly rained upon 306 The Deputy of Arcis the stage. As they left the theatre, Bricheteau looked at his watch; it was a quarter to eleven; they h... ...ho took an interest in me, he procured me an engage- ment at Her Majesty’s Theatre; the kind encouragement of the public has done the rest.” “Say, rat...

...ions begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

...jump, with her participation, all sorts of dreary intervals. She liked the theatre as she liked all the arts of expression, and he had known her to go... ...ys. “Oh, it will be interesting!” she echoed. “But I shall have to find my theatre first. I shall have to get a manager to believe in me.” “Yes—they’r... ...though he reached home in the evening it was not to this convenient modern theatre that Wayworth first pro- ceeded. He spent a late hour with Mrs. Als... ...two years, on a fond policy of “looking out,” kept dipping into the London theatres to pick up prospective inter- preters? He had not picked up many a... ...res but only in one aspect. Nona Vincent had a dozen aspects, but only one theatre; yet with what a feverish curiosity the young man promised himself ... ...in his spirit, with frequent esteem. When he went down to the dusky daylit theatre (it arched over him like the temple of fame) Mr. Loder, who was as ... ...t any rate he had accepted her: it came to the same thing. But he left the theatre that night without speaking to her—moved (a little even to his own ... ... it and mapped it out. He enjoyed his occu- pation of the big, dim, hollow theatre, full of the echoes of “effect” and of a queer smell of gas and suc... ...eed remarkable in so gentle a spirit. He saw Violet Grey that night at the theatre, and it was she who spoke first of her having lately met a friend o...

...nal flash of happy inspiration. “I expect I shall have a box at one of the theatres to-mor- row,” he remarked carelessly; “I will call for you and M. ... ...h of June ministers are often puzzled to know what to do with boxes at the theatre; ministerialist deputies and their constituents are busy in their v... ...s to pass that the best seats are filled at this season with heterogeneous theatre-goers, never seen at any other time of year, and the house is apt t... ...egant, and as much at home as an actor treading the familiar boards of his theatre, in two days had recovered all the ground lost in the past six mont... ...the back of the house, so that its occupants see and are seen all over the theatre. Lucien took his seat on a chair behind Mme. de Bargeton, thankful ... ...n bears traces of its influence. You learn more by talk in a cafe, or at a theatre, in one half hour, than you would learn in ten years in the provinc... ...nows at once that something extraordinary is afoot: a mistress to visit, a theatre party, or some excursion into higher spheres. Here, it is said, fri... ...gings, could not withstand the temptations held out by the play-bills. The Theatre-Francais, the V audeville, the V arietes, the Op- era-Comique relie... ...e of seeing Talma in one of his famous roles? Lucien was fascinated by the theatre, that first love of all poetic tem- peraments; the actors and actre...

... that time they had never been to a play; the churches of Paris were their theatre. Their education in their mother’s house had been as rigorous as it... ...eir mother and sisters, but after that the count took them off to museums, theatres, restaurants, or, during the summer season, into the country. Exce... ...rs and comments upon them, who waltzes with a dozen young men, goes to the theatre, devours novels, cares nothing for religion, and makes her own ethi... ... certain hour. Instead of giving orders, I receive them. At a ball, at the theatre, a servant comes to me and says: ‘Madame’s carriage is ready,’ and ... ...he guided her taste in dress; he trained her to converse; he took her from theatre to theatre, and made her study literature and current history. This... ...on, which was that of the Siamese twins, Nathan had produced alone, at the Theatre- Francais, a serious drama, which fell with all the honors of war a... ... articles. In his youth he had once before appeared at the great and noble Theatre-Francais in a splendid romantic play of the style of “Pinto,”—a pe-... ...ly admired. Forced by want of means to keep on producing, he went from the theatre to the press, and from the press to the theatre, dissipating and sc... ...hschild. Sophie Grignault, surnamed Florine by a form of baptism common in theatres, had made her first appearances, in spite of her beauty, on very i...

..., looking at the fashions, or reading 4 Men’s Wives Cumberland’s “British Theatre.” The Sunday Times was her paper, for she voted the Dispatch, that ... ...ry one of the roulades, flourishes, and ornaments as she heard them at the theatres by Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Waylett, or Madame V estris. The girl had a fi... ... and, if the truth must be known, had appeared many and many a time at the theatre in Catherine Street, in minor parts first, and then in Little Pickl... ...slightingly of him, for he had no literary tastes, and had never been at a theatre since he took his bride from one. He was valet to Lord Slapper at t... ...poor girl for doing so. Her locks were her pride; she acted at the private theatre “hair parts,” where she could appear on purpose to show them in a d... ...their own among the British youths, or employ- ment in the choruses of the theatres. The prima donna of the little company was Amelia Larkins, Baroski... ... figure—but why describe her figure? Has not all the world seen her at the Theatres Royal and in America under the name of Miss Ligonier? Until Mrs. W... ...tle- men—the Ravenswing! She is talking to the famous Mr. Slang, of the —— Theatre.” “Is she a fine singer?” says Fitz-Urse. “She’s a very fine woman.... ... and on her ladyship’s left hand, sat Mr. Slang, the manager of one of the theatres; a gentleman whom my Lady Thrum would scarcely, but for a great ne...

...devotion, set apart for some inevitable hour; and the last evening, at the theatre, between the overshadowing Marquise and the unsuspicious Owen, they... ...ersons with tastes and perceptions like his own, to whom an evening at the theatre was an unat- tainable indulgence. There floated through his mind an... ....” Some kind of reply would be certain to reach him on his return from the theatre, and he would then know definitely whether Mrs. Leath meant to writ... ... about him in the vague hope that it might fall on an acquaintance. At the theatre her vivacity sank into a breathless hush, and she sat intent in her... ... with which she received his comments called from him more ideas about the theatre than he had ever supposed himself to possess. With the second act s... ...ped her arm through 35 Wharton his and turned to push her way back to the theatre. As soon as the curtain went up she as promptly forgot her companio... ...t afternoon, Darrow yawned and fidgeted in his seat. The day was warm, the theatre crowded and airless, and the performance, it seemed to him, intoler... ...of the play seemed to him as airless and lifeless as the atmosphere of the theatre. The play- ers were the same whom he had often applauded in those v... ...ow had led Miss Viner out on the balcony overhanging the square before the theatre, he turned to see if she shared his feelings. But the rapturous loo...

...often, and has never yet stayed by me! Out of this delight springs the toy-theatre,—there it is, with its familiar proscenium, and ladies in feath- er... ...mbracing, that, far below it on my Christmas Tree, I see dark, dirty, real Theatres in the day-time, adorned with these asso- ciations as with the fre... ... cannot bear to hear it from any other source. They played it once, at the Theatre, when I was there with Little Frank; and the child said wondering, ... ..., and Twelfth cakes, and parties where they danced till midnight, and real Theatres where they saw palaces of real gold and silver rise out of the rea...

... spindling golden legs, and they began to talk. Condy had taken her to the theatre the Monday night of that week, as had been his custom ever since he... ...tionality goes in San Francisco); during the season Rivers took her to the theatres Monday nights, and called regularly Wednesdays and Sundays. Then t... ...e concealed about your person.” 23 Frank Norris “Huh! no, it all goes for theatre tickets, and flowers, and boxes of candy for a certain girl I know.... ...h young Sargeant to have supper together that night, and perhaps go to the theatre after- ward. And now at the sight of Sargeant in the “round window”... ...s Condy’s salary. The two had sup- per together, and Sargeant proposed the theatre. “No, no; I’ve got to work to-night,” asserted Condy. After dinner,... ... on fill a box at a charity play, given by amateurs at one of the downtown theatres. But as he was washing his linen shirt-studs with his tooth-brush ... ... at his club in the hopes of finding some one with whom he could go to the theatre later on in the evening. Sargeant joined him over his coffee and ci... ...ined him over his coffee and cigarette, but declined to go with him to the theatre. “Another game on to-night?” asked Condy. “I suppose so,” admitted ... ...he thing had happened with the abruptness of a transfor- mation scene at a theatre. Condy’s knock had evoked a situation. Speech was stricken from the...

...ployment she is unfitted for any other. She has been rejected at the minor theatres where they want danseuses; she has not succeeded in the three town... ...know who. That poor Lousteau went into partnership for the management of a theatre with an old vaudevillist who has great influence with the ministry,... ...public building was built for us,—to compensate for the stupidities of the Theatre-Francais and make us laugh; but the comedians on this stage are muc... ...that?” returned Jenny. “Come, we must part, my treasures; I must go to the theatre.” Gazonal gave his hand to the actress, and led her to the citadine...

... in foreign lands,—for the base and capital of the columns of the Brussels theatre are of Nogent stone. Though remarkable for its beautiful sites, for... ...his mother. Brought up strictly, by Moreau’s advice, he seldom went to the theatre, and then to nothing better than the Ambigu-Comique, where his eyes... ...d I could go in your clothes; that’s a trick that has great success in our theatres,’ I told him. Well, it would take too long to tell you all the del... ...d take Oscar to dine in the Palais-Royal, 112 A Start in Life and to some theatre in the evening. Oscar had been so snubbed by Godeschal and by Desro... ...tron had promised to take his clerks to see Talma in “Brittanicus,” at the Theatre-Francais. Long life to Maitre Bordin! May God shed favors on his ve... ... was to this protector of the arts—to use the consecrated phrase— that the theatre owed the brilliant danseuse. The generous Maecenas made two beings ... ...and her mother in this little apartment, which was only ten steps from the theatre; but he gave the girl, out of love for the choregraphic art, the gr... ...fles to the favored mortal. There are dinners at restaurants, boxes at the theatres, carriages to go to the environs and re- turn, choice wines consum...

...NTHONY was expecting them in London. It was now winter, and the season for theatres; so, to show his brother- in-law the fun of a theatre was one part... ... lit a cigar and puffed at it fretfully. “Will you come and try one of the theatres for an hour?” he asked. She rose submissively, afraid to say that ... ...re bailiff never ran, nor duns obscured the firmament. And then there were theatres here—huge extravagant places! Algernon went over to an entrance of... ...I’m much obliged. These chaps get tickets given ‘m, and grow as cocky in a theatre as men who pay. He never had such wine in him as I’ve got. That I’d... ...ing accomplished, he took some hasty puffs of tobacco, and returned to the theatre, in the hope that the dark girl Rhoda was to be seen there; for now... ... and was alone with an inanimate shape in blue bournous. The uproar in the theatre raged; the whole pit was on its legs and shouting. He lifted the pa... ... her to her feet. The task was difficult amid the threatening storm in the theatre, and cries of “Show the young woman her sister!” for Rhoda had won ... ... Rhoda Fleming She got herself free, and said: “We saw Mr. Blancove at the theatre with Dahlia.” It was her way of meeting his accusation that she had... ...ldren, squire. My daughter’s left me. She’s away. I saw my daughter at the theatre in London. She saw me, and saw her sister with me. She disappeared....

... despise such a homely ornament. I have got a map with squares, fountains, theatres, public gar- dens, and Places d’Othon marked out; but they only ex... ...ty which will only bear to be looked at from a distance, like a scene in a theatre. What is the most beautiful nose in the world, if it be covered wit... ... gauze curtains lifted away, one by one, before a great fairy scene at the theatre. This will give idea enough of the fog; the difficulty is to descri... ...h Constantinople produces on the mind. But if you were never affected by a theatre, no words can work upon your fancy, and typographi- cal attempts to... ...a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo Makri—cheerful old desolate village—theatre by the beautiful sea-shore—great fertility, oleanders—a palm-tree i... ...ved; pillars and porticos, and Doric entablatures. But it is of the little theatre that he must make the most beautiful picture—a charming little plac... ...hore, and looking over the sweet bay and the swell- ing purple islands. No theatre-goer ever looked out on a fairer scene. It encourages poetry, idlen... ... name is Norval. ” On the same day we lay to for a while at another ruined theatre, that of Antiphilos. The Oxford men, fresh with recol- lections of ... ...d away up the hill on which it lies to the ruin, measured the steps of the theatre, and calcu- lated the width of the scene; while others, less active...

...ruck a triangular platform, filling up the whole glen, and shut in on either hand by bold projections of the mountain. Only in front the place was ope... ...regarded as an artist’s model, the exterior of a Greek God. It was a cruel thought to persons less favoured in their birth, that this creature, endowe... ...ll in talk with another of these flitting strangers – like the rest, in his shirt- sleeves and all begrimed with dust – and the next minute we were di...

...tion by de tailing the plot of this portion of the pantomime not of the theatre, but of life. The Honourable Captain Fitz Whisker Fiercy, attende... ...mime, that we hardly know which to select as the proper fellow of him of the theatres. At one time we were disposed to think that the harlequin was ne... ...been objected that by ex hibiting gratuitously through the country when the theatre is closed, they reduce themselves to the level of mounte Mudfog ...

...ng their produce to market continue the stir of carriages re- turning from theatres and balls. Near the middle of this sus- tained pause in the grand ... ...o his friends, at Roland’s, Rue du Hasard, and took them afterwards to the theatre. He played the part of those old bachelors on whom married women dr... ...of the heads tiled by his father,—he is in litera- ture; he does the minor theatres in the ‘Courrier des Spec- tacles.’ His father, an old dog chock-f... ...u Tillet assisted in dressing him for this occasion, like the manager of a theatre who is uneasy about the debut of his principal actor; he feared les... ...n distinguished in literature, who does high-class politics and the little theatres in the government newspapers,—I may say a statesman on the high-ro... ...ery bedsides of editors in the morning, and prowled about the lobby of the theatres at night. “Think of my oil, dear friend; I have no interest in it—... ...itudes, all served the purpose of his eager activity. With tickets for the theatre, he bribed the printers who about midnight are fin- ishing up the c...

...rris I I I I I AT EIGHT O’CLOCK in the inner vestibule of the Audito- rium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister... ...ter Page, and their aunt—Aunt Wess’—were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in eve... ...t succeeded one another in an interminable line before the entrance of the theatre, were swathed to the eyes in furs. The spume and froth froze on the... ...at was the concourse of teams, that two blocks 8 The Pit distant from the theatre they were obliged to fall into line, advancing only at intervals, a... ...sted. But from behind the heavy curtains that draped the en- trance to the theatre proper, came a muffled burst of music, followed by a long salvo of ... ...ting the incessant clamour of conversation that came from all parts of the theatre. Then suddenly the house lights sank and the foot-lights rose. From... ...suddenly the house lights sank and the foot-lights rose. From all over the theatre came energetic whispers of “Sh! Sh!” Three strokes, as of a great m... ... of stale, hot air that exhaled in long puffs from the inside doors of the theatre itself. Here and there in the press, footmen, their top hats in rub... ...ily hotel in the same neighbourhood. The Cresslers’ invitation to join the theatre party at the Auditorium had fallen inopportunely enough, squarely i...

...REF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE A nice phrase: “ A People’s Theatre.” But what about it? There’s no such thing in existence as a People... ...atre.” But what about it? There’s no such thing in existence as a People’s Theatre: or even on the way to existence, as far as we can tell. The name i... ...en: nay, the would-be parents aren’t married, nor yet courting. A People’s Theatre. Note the indefinite article. It isn’t The People’s Theatre, but A ... ...Note the indefinite article. It isn’t The People’s Theatre, but A People’s Theatre. Not the theatre of Plebs, the proletariat, but the theatre of A Pe... ...at, but the theatre of A People. What people? Quel peuple donc?—A People’s Theatre. T ranslate it into French for yourself. A People’s Theatre. Since ... ...seats are cheap. Minor premiss: the plays are good. Conclusion: A People’s Theatre. How much will you give me for my syllogism? Not a slap in the eye,... ... are—don’t say good or you’ll be beaten. The plays—the plays of A People’s Theatre are—oh heaven, what are they?—not popular nor populous nor plebian ... ...’s— Chaste word, it will bring forth no adjective. The plays of A People’s Theatre are People’s plays. The plays of A People’s Theatre are plays about... ...do, then let ‘em. Chu Chin Chow for ever! In spite of them all: A People’s Theatre. A People’s Theatre shows men, and not parts. Not bits, nor bundles...

...as often as she could; she went about with him; she made him squire her to theatres and take her out to dinners and sup with her at the Carlton, and i... ...ually on first nights. Lady Marayne loved a big first night at St. James’s Theatre or His Majesty’s. After- wards, perhaps, Sir Godfrey would join the... ...ice. “There you are,” he said, “first-rate social position, nothing to do, theatres, operas, pretty women, colour, life. The best of good times. Barri... ... into her own little sitting-room, she had thrown aside gloves and fan and theatre wrap, curled herself comfortably into the abundantly cushioned corn... ...g at the stars.” “But I’m not going back to live in London in the old way, theatres, dinner-parties, chatter—” “Oh no! We aren’t going to do that sort... ... Gate. The butler was deferentially amazed. Mrs. Benham was, he said, at a theatre with Sir Philip Easton, and he thought some other people also. He d... ... every- thing. Y ou—you Cuckold! And she’ll drive by me, she’ll pass me in theatres with the money that ought to have been mine! Oh! Oh!” She dabbed h...

... the queen of ruins, when he happened one evening to enter the Argen- tina theatre, in front of which there was an enormous crowd. He inquired the rea... ...nced upon himself. “He was so completely intoxicated that he no longer saw theatre, audience, or actors, no longer heard the music. Nay, 21 Balzac mo... ...tasy too rarely evoked by human passions. He was soon obliged to leave the theatre. His trem- bling legs almost refused to bear him. He was prostrated... ...the episode had happened here; but in Italy, madame, every one goes to the theatre for his own enjoyment, with all his own passions, with a heartfelt ... ... borrow from his wardrobe all the charms it could loan him. As he left the theatre, a stranger grasped his arm. “‘Beware, Signor Frenchman,’ he said i... ...ters whose red facets sparkled merrily. He recognized the singers from the theatre, male and female, mingled with charming women, all ready to begin a... ...e would make sport of you. It is impossible for me to shut the door of the theatre to you; but if you love me, 31 Balzac or if you are wise, you will... ...re you jest- ing? Whence have you come? Did a woman ever appear in a Roman theatre? And do you not know what sort of creatures play female parts withi...

...d a very considerable amount of attention. He gave them in a small lecture-theatre that had become more and more con- gested as his course proceeded. ... ...windows of all the little shops, spent hours in the vanished cinematograph theatre, and marvelled at the high-flung early Georgian houses upon the wes... ...e the two historical mu- sic halls of this place, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, in 44 The World Set Free which the municipal players revolved per... ...th astonishing assurance, from the people who were emerging from the small theatres and other such places of entertain- ment which abounded in that th...