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All gall : malicious monologues & ruthless recitations

Title
All gall : malicious monologues & ruthless recitations / adapted from the French by Norman R. Shapiro ; illustrations by David Schorr.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Applause Books, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Shapiro, Norman R.
  • Schorr, David.
Description
223 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
  • "Finally, a monologue book for actors with a malicious sense of humor - and a ruthless sense of joie de vivre! This galling collection contains scenes drawn from the masters of French humor Georges Feydeau, Fernard Raynaud, et al., written directly for the popular French farce theatre world, as well as from works intended primarily for the printed page: brief journalistic vignettes of Alphonse Allais, the fictions of Apollinaire, and others.
  • But whether for the actor looking for the je ne sais quoi selection for an upcoming audition or for the reader looking in vain through the "humor" section of the local bookstore, this collection will provide classic French wit and wickedness."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Tour de farce ; v. 6
Uniform Title
Tour de farce ; v. 6.
Alternative Title
Malicious monologues & ruthless recitations
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223).
Contents
  • I. Of Mischief, Malice, Murder, & the Law. Capital Crime, Parisian Punishment / Georges Feydeau. In the Game of the Law / Georges Feydeau. Righteous You Are If You Think You Are / Georges Feydeau. The Lawyers and the Lady, or All's Fair in Love and Law / Eugene Chavette. The Volatile Mother-in-Law, or Science to the Rescue / Alphonse Allais. Widow's Pique, or After the Fall / Alphonse Allais. Cream and Punishment / Alphonse Allais. Disorder in the Court / Leon Xanrof. Bag and Baggage / Tristan Bernard. The Last Laugh / Alexandre Breffort. Clean Out of Her Mind / Jacques Sternberg. Love in Bloom / Jacques Sternberg -- II. Of Ills, Potions, Cures, Quacks, & Saviors. The Heroic Deed of Doctor Hallidonhill, or Conspicuous Consumption / Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Great Expectorations, or T.B. or Not T.B. / Alphonse Allais. The Germ of the Problem / Alphonse Allais. Patient Cure Thyself, or The Unkindest Cut of All / Leon Xanrof. Double Crossed / Leon Xanrof.
  • Medic-a-la-Mode, or A Modern Surgeon's New Cures for Old Ills / Tristan Bernard. Woes Be Gone, or A Druggist's Young Wife Writes Home / Tristan Bernard. Weight for the Doctor, or Reductio ad Absurdum / Tristan Bernard. Orange Aid, or Curious Cure, Curious Doctor / Guillaume Apollinaire. Belly-Hoo, or Doctors Sew-and-Sew / Gabriel de Lautrec -- III. Of Torsos, Limbs, Skulls, & Assorted Body Parts. The English Tongue / Maurice Mac-Nab. The Blemished Bride, or The Seat of the Problem / Maurice Mac-Nab. Till Death Do Them Part / Alphonse Allais. A Lover's Cool Feat / Alphonse Allais. Melt Down, or The Case of the Migrating Petrolatum / Alphonse Allais. Split Decision, or The Blade, the Maid, and the Blade / Alphonse Allais. Dressing to Kill / Alphonse Allais. To Break a Bed Habit / Alphonse Allais. Just for Malpractice / Leon Xanrof. Ethnic Cleansing 1900: A Fool and His Mania, or Dyeing Can Be Fatal / Edouard Osmont.
  • To Serve One's Fellows, or A Ship of Foods / Tristan Bernard. Of Arms - Eyes, Mouths, Noses - and the Man / Guillaume Apollinaire. The Disappearance of Honore Subrac, or Point Blank / Guillaume Apollinaire. Ahead and Behind / Francis Picabia. The Debutante, or Defaced / Leonora Carrington. Knit-Wit, or The Thread of the Story / Jacques Sternberg -- IV. Of Death and Dying: Ways & Means, Whys & Wherefores. Of Tombs and Blooms / Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Of Waiter, Wine, and Water, or A Buoyant Experience / Alphonse Allais. From Collection to Collation, or A Consuming Passion Consumed / Alphonse Allais. Money Is Time, or The Poor Beggar and the Good Fairy / Alphonse Allais. The Fatal Inflection / Leon Xanrof. Rogue Rug, or Mourning Prayer / Tristan Bernard. Saint Adorata, or The Back Door to Heaven / Guillaume Apollinaire. Requiesc-Hat, or A Grave Mistake / Fernand Raynaud. Behind Closed Doors, or Of Tide and Time / Jacques Sternberg.
  • Over and Over ... and Over / Jacques Sternberg. Quo Vadis? or The Marathon / Jacques Sternberg. Bottled Up, or The Genie / Jean-Marie Laclavetine.
ISBN
1557833915
LCCN
99069413
OCLC
  • ocm43782212
  • SCSB-3838014
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries