Théâtre-Français
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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.
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
The second theatre is situated on the old market place and is called the Théâtre-Français; this building formerly used as a tennis court, was opened for theatrical purposes on the 2nd of february 1793.
From Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers by Licquet, Théodore
Louis one evening was at the Théâtre-Français, seated on a bench in the upper gallery, near to one of the pillars which, in those days, divided off the third row of boxes.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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
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