Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... BRIEUX'S "ROBE ROUGE" January 17, 1903 I AMONG the playwrights of modern France, Eugene Brieux stands foremost as a man of missions. The Theatre Libre called him to Paris from Rouen when he was on the staff of the Nouvelliste, an able journalist of but local influence. His play, Blanchette, which dealt fearlessly with the sore question of overproduction of middle-class woman, had struck Antoine by reason of its boldness, and when it came before the footlights it equally struck Paris. Henceforth Brieux was one of the leaders of the new movement, and, settling down in the capital, he at once prosecuted his self-imposed task of using the stage as a rostrum. During his fourteen years' activity he has approached many subjects, from Benevolence in Les Bienfaiteurs, and Parliamentary life in L'Engrenage, to the scourge that visits the sins of the fathers upon their children in Les Avarits. Whatever may have been the success of his plays on the stage--and it was as vacillating as the fortunes of war--they have all made their mark in book form. People listen to Brieux, albeit for the purpose of disagreeing with him. For there is no mincing about his manner. He fights with lifted visor. He hits straight from the shoulder. And he is a redoubtable aggressor, for his grip is as forcible as his insight is profound. He has made good use of the kaleidoscopic outlook of his journalistic reportership. He has gauged the inner life of the French, and has arrived at conclusions debatable sometimes, sincere always. And wherever he has found something rotten in the state, he has invariably ascended the hustings and harangued the crowd in the form which is most popular abroad, the play with a purpose. This ambition to grapple with questions of everyday life has exposed Brieux to...
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