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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This historical play follows a group of young Frenchmen from
1796-1814, as they're swept up in the Napoleonic Wars. Italy,
Egypt, Austria, Russia, and France are mere signposts along the way
in this epic drama, with the single unifying element being a flag
woven by a group of French women in the mid-1790s, and carried by
the soldiers throughout the entire length of their almost
twenty-year service to the French nation. Adolphe d'Ennery was a
master of theatrical spectacle who had a talent for epic and
spectacle that only Alexandre Dumas could equal. He's not
interested in high literature, but only in the pathos of the
theatre. In Scene IX he depicts the stragglers of the defeated
French Army returning from Moscow through a bare, frozen landscape,
separated from their loved ones on the Russian steppes. First they
pass each other, but fail to recognize their comrades-in-arms.
Finally they meet, with great emotion, and just as they do...the
Cossacks appear This is grand theatrical entertainment, with the
same sweep as Tolstoy's War and Peace.
In 1828 a young man in rags appeared in the German city of
Nurnberg, saying that he'd been kept isolated in a dungeon all of
his life. Was he the bastard offshoot of some noble or royal
family, secreted away to preserve the honor of the house? Within a
few months he was dead under mysterious circumstances, his mystery
still unsolved. CASPER HAUSER uses the uproar caused by Hauser's
emergence to focus the white heat of the authors' indignation on
the systematic maltreatment of individuals solely to spare the
feelings of the rich and powerful elements of society. The anger of
the playwrights permeates this straightforward, exceptionally
powerful tale of a young man who never had a chance of living a
normal life. The drama still plays well to a modern audience
Jules Verne's most famous novel was originally conceived as a
play-and had its greatest 19th century success as a stage hit the
author himself adapted. Running for thousands of performances in
many different countries, including the United States, here is the
original playscript, translated directly from the French by the
producers of the original Broadway presentation, not published
since 1874. Like filmmakers after him, Verne understood the need to
make changes for the stage, and in collaboration with Adolphe
d'Ennery created a distinct variation, a play with many different
characters and episodes than are in the novel. Included in this
volume is an introduction about how the play was created and
staged, together with the first translation of Verne's essay, "The
Meridians and the Calendar," explaining how Phileas Fogg
accomplished his feat.
French dramatist Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899) follows the Faust
story originally developed by Goethe, but with a leavening of humor
that the German playwright lacked. Especially entertaining is the
character of the female demon Sulphurine, who's created by Faust's
servant Wagner to be his slave. Needless to say, this she-devil is
no one's mistress Faust initially repels the advances of
Mephistopheles, but suddenly finds himself in love with the young
woman Marguerite, whom the devil has dangled in front of him. Now
he wants the youth and vigor that Old Nibs has offered, and is
willing to do whatever's necessary to gain the girl's love. But
"love" is not part of the equation, as he discovers to his ultimate
dismay. A marvelous--and highly entertaining--version of the Faust
legend.
Music By Jules Massenet And Translated From The Original French By
Frederic Lyster.
This race-against-the-clock adventure features a mutiny, castaways
on a remote island, earthquakes, whale hunting, dastardly villains,
man against the elements, a rescue mission, and offbeat humor.
There's never a dull moment as "The Children of Captain Grant"
search the globe for their long-lost father and brother.
The authors combine elements of Jules Verne's science fiction
novels, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the
Center of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon into a
breathtaking work of imagination. First translation into English.
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