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imported>Soranin: I want to hope she means the animals, but I don't think they inhabit the barbary coast 😬

2025-10-16T22:49:08Z

I want to hope she means the animals, but I don't think they inhabit the barbary coast 😬

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	Last evening I had the pleasure—if indeed pleasure it can be called—of seeing very nearly the worst production of [[Voltaire]]'s {{Wiki\|Hérode et Mariamne}} at [[Café Théâtre]] on Île St-Louis. Never has the tragic death of the Queen of [[Levant\|Judea]] been rendered with more glaring ineptitude. M. Dupree's [[Herod I of Judea\|Herod]] has all the pathos of a [[fish]]monger who is especially ashamed of his day's catch, and Mlle. Arcadie's {{Wiki\|Mariamne I\|Mariamne}} seems able to do little more than wail like a child denied a treat. As to the supporting cast I shall only say that the director would have been better served by releasing a dozen ~~{{Wiki~~\|Barbary ~~Coast\|Barbary}}~~ apes into the theater. That at least might have incited the audience to a modicum of excitement.		Last evening I had the pleasure—if indeed pleasure it can be called—of seeing very nearly the worst production of [[Voltaire]]'s {{Wiki\|Hérode et Mariamne}} at [[Café Théâtre]] on Île St-Louis. Never has the tragic death of the Queen of [[Levant\|Judea]] been rendered with more glaring ineptitude. M. Dupree's [[Herod I of Judea\|Herod]] has all the pathos of a [[fish]]monger who is especially ashamed of his day's catch, and Mlle. Arcadie's {{Wiki\|Mariamne I\|Mariamne}} seems able to do little more than wail like a child denied a treat. As to the supporting cast I shall only say that the director would have been better served by releasing a dozen [[Maghreb\|Barbary]] apes into the theater. That at least might have incited the audience to a modicum of excitement.

	As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to {{Wiki\|papier-mâché}} [[temple]]s and badly unconvincing false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "{{Wiki\|Musketeers of the Guard\|Mousquetieres de la Garde}}." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.		As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to {{Wiki\|papier-mâché}} [[temple]]s and badly unconvincing false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "{{Wiki\|Musketeers of the Guard\|Mousquetieres de la Garde}}." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.

imported>Darman36: Now, did she literally mean gorillas, or was it styled as contemporary anti-Black racism put through euphemism?

2025-10-16T21:30:09Z

Now, did she literally mean gorillas, or was it styled as contemporary anti-Black racism put through euphemism?

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	Last evening I had the ~~pleasure–if~~ indeed pleasure it can be ~~called–of~~ seeing very nearly the worst production of [[Voltaire]]'s Hérode et Mariamne at [[Café Théâtre]] on Île St-Louis. Never has the tragic death of the Queen of Judea been rendered with more glaring ineptitude. M. Dupree's Herod has all the ~~pathosof~~ a ~~fishmonger~~ who is especially ashamed of his day's catch, and Mlle. Arcadie's Mariamne seems able to do little more than wail like a child denied a treat. As to the supporting cast I shall only say that the director would have been better served by releasing a dozen Barbary apes into the theater. That at least might have incited the audience to a modicum of ~~excitment~~.		Last evening I had the pleasure—if indeed pleasure it can be called—of seeing very nearly the worst production of [[Voltaire]]'s {{Wiki\|Hérode et Mariamne}} at [[Café Théâtre]] on Île St-Louis. Never has the tragic death of the Queen of [[Levant\|Judea]] been rendered with more glaring ineptitude. M. Dupree's [[Herod I of Judea\|Herod]] has all the pathos of a [[fish]]monger who is especially ashamed of his day's catch, and Mlle. Arcadie's {{Wiki\|Mariamne I\|Mariamne}} seems able to do little more than wail like a child denied a treat. As to the supporting cast I shall only say that the director would have been better served by releasing a dozen {{Wiki\|Barbary Coast\|Barbary}} apes into the theater. That at least might have incited the audience to a modicum of excitement.

	As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to papier-mâché ~~temples~~ and badly ~~unconvinving~~ false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "Mousquetieres de la Garde." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.		As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to {{Wiki\|papier-mâché}} [[temple]]s and badly unconvincing false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "{{Wiki\|Musketeers of the Guard\|Mousquetieres de la Garde}}." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.

imported>Soranin at 16:15, 22 April 2020

2020-04-22T16:15:11Z

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	As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to papier-mâché temples and badly unconvinving false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "Mousquetieres de la Garde." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.		As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to papier-mâché temples and badly unconvinving false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "Mousquetieres de la Garde." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.


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imported>Bovkaffe at 23:50, 25 December 2017

2017-12-25T23:50:11Z

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imported>Lady Kyashira: Created page with "(This clipping is from a newspaper dated 12 July, 1782. It is badly crumpled, as though someone once wadded it up into a small ball.) A Theatrical Review by Mlle. Lecouvreur ..."

2017-09-30T14:59:30Z

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(This clipping is from a newspaper dated 12 July, 1782. It is badly crumpled, as though someone once wadded it up into a small ball.)

A Theatrical Review by Mlle. Lecouvreur

Last evening I had the pleasure–if indeed pleasure it can be called–of seeing very nearly the worst production of [[Voltaire]]'s Hérode et Mariamne at [[Café Théâtre]] on Île St-Louis. Never has the tragic death of the Queen of Judea been rendered with more glaring ineptitude. M. Dupree's Herod has all the pathosof a fishmonger who is especially ashamed of his day's catch, and Mlle. Arcadie's Mariamne seems able to do little more than wail like a child denied a treat. As to the supporting cast I shall only say that the director would have been better served by releasing a dozen Barbary apes into the theater. That at least might have incited the audience to a modicum of excitment.

As to the sets and the costuming, which should richly evoke the ancient world of [[Jerusalem]], the director's vision seems limited to papier-mâché temples and badly unconvinving false beards. Theater is a world of the imagination, to be sure, but this cheap, shoddy production resembles nothing so much as small children picking up sticks and proclaiming themselves "Mousquetieres de la Garde." In Short: I hated this play. I hated, hated, hated this play. If you, good readers, have any respect for M. Arouet's work, I caution you to stay far, far away.
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