Théâtre-Français
Americannoun
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To this Beaumarchais replied that in a question which interested all equally, everyone who had written for the Théâtre-Français had a right to be heard and that all must be assembled.”
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
He was urgently solicited to appear with her at the Théâtre-Français, but religious scruples led him to refuse the finest offers.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
It may be asked, what would become of music in France without her Italian theatre and her Conservatoire; of the dramatic art, without her Théâtre-Français; of painting and sculpture, without our collections, galleries, and museums?
From Essays on Political Economy by Bastiat, Frédéric
Well, gentlemen, the fourth, like the other three, claimed that his was the only correct style: I made no distinction between verse and prose, thus following the false method recently established by the Théâtre-Français.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
It was Napoleon who gave the final form to the regulations existing between dramatic authors and the Théâtre-Français.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
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