John Sanderson
Published: 2016-06-26
Total Pages: 240
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Excerpt from The American in Paris, Vol. 2 of 2 All the ladies of the Boulevards go to bed without a candle.' It is true that every theatre is not quite so indulgent as the Varietes. There was represented, some time ago, at the Palais Royal, the first time in any theatre, Adam and Eve - en costume: but the spectators were so much scandalized at this Calypygian Eve, that both she and Adam were hissed. They went so far as to throw balls of putty at Adam, and other missiles; and when Eve turned her unaproned side towards them - they pelted the Mother of mankind with roasted apples I did not see this outrage, but I had it from a most authentic source - a gentleman who sat next to me at the Varietes. If you are not frightened at little licenses, this is a de lightful theatre. You will see here chard, who both sings and acts true comedy; and Tansez, who looks broad nonsense with a stare. Brutus would have liked to have such a face when he played the fool at Rome; and, above all, you will see that exquisite rogue, Ma dame Dcy'arel - she stands always on the utmost verge of decency, and sometimes, she puts one foot over alto gether. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."