British Entertainers in France

Victor Leathers

Published by University of Toronto Press 1959

British Entertainers in France

Victor Leathers

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487582784

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This volume presents a record of visits to France by British entertainers and reports their reception by the critics, the artists, and the public. Speculation as to influence is indulged in only where influence seems to have been apparent and indisputable.

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Leathers Victor :

Dr. Victor Livingston Leathers was a Professor of French at the University of Winnipeg.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Prelude, with Variations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Battle Royal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
3. On with the Dance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
4. "Cut the Dialect and Come to the 'Osses" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
5. The Pleasures of a Year and the Follies of a Day Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
6. Beauty and the Beast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
7. "Once More Unto the Breach ... " Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
8. Shakespeare, Smithson, Shore, and Company Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
9. Anticlimax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
10. "Well Have We Done, Thrice Valiant Countrymen" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
11. History Repeats Itself Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
12. Here Come the Clowns! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
13. Tumblers and Talkers, a Fool and Footitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
14. The Why and Wherefore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Index of Proper Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1959
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 194

eBook

Published: December 15, 1959
ISBN: 9781487582784